Changes in Tree Growth, Biomass and Vegetation Over a 13-Year Period in the Swedish Sub-Arctic

• Published in: AMBIO
• Main Authors: Henrik Hedenås, Håkan Olsson, Christer Jonasson, Johan Bergstedt, Ulrika Dahlberg, Terry V. Callaghan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Abisko; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0173-1

This study was conducted in the Swedish sub-Arctic, near Abisko, in order to assess the direction and scale of possible vegetation changes in the alpine—birch forest ecotone. We have re-surveyed shrub, tree and vegetation data at 549 plots grouped into 61 clusters. The plots were originally surveyed...