Historic disturbance events overruled climatic factors as drivers of ruderal species distributions in the Scandinavian mountains

• Main Authors: Wiegmans, Dymph, Larson, Keith, Clavel, Jan, Hostens, Lore, Spreeuwers, Jasmine, Pirée, Amber, Nijs, Ivan, Lembrechts, Jonas
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Authorea, Inc. 2024
• Subjects: Abisko; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.171723716.63041772/v1

The contemporary interaction of climate and disturbance drives vegetation composition and species distribution shifts, making their respective roles difficult to disentangle. This study describes the long-term ruderal plant species distributions along the ‘Rallarvägen’ in Abisko, subarctic Sweden....