Disappearing green: Shrubs decline and bryophytes increase with nine years of increased snow accumulation in the High Arctic

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Cooper, Elisabeth J., Little, Chelsea J., Pilsbacher, Anna K., Mörsdorf, Martin A.
• Other Authors: Pillar, Valerio, Norges Forskningsråd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; Cassiope tetragona; Dryas octopetala; Luzula confusa; Salix polaris; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12793; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jvs.12793; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jvs.12793

Abstract Question How does increased snow depth affect plant community composition of High Arctic tundra, and can the Normalized Differential Vegetation Index ( NDVI ) detect induced changes? Location Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard (78°10′ N, 16°04′ E). Methods We manipulated snow depth on the t...