Tree and Shrub Expansion Over the Past 34 Years at the Tree-Line Near Abisko, Sweden

• Published in: AMBIO
• Main Authors: Sara Rundqvist, Henrik Hedenås, Anneli Sandström, Urban Emanuelsson, Håkan Eriksson, Christer Jonasson, Terry V. Callaghan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Abisko; Arctic; Betula nana; Climate change; Dwarf birch; Global warming
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0174-0

Shrubs and trees are expected to expand in the sub-Arctic due to global warming. Our study was conducted in Abisko, sub-arctic Sweden. We recorded the change in coverage of shrub and tree species over a 32- to 34-year period, in three 50 × 50 m plots; in the alpine-tree-line ecotone. The cover of sh...