Phenological Dynamics in a Rapidly Warming Arctic Plant-Herbivore System

• Main Author: Higgins, Robert Conor
• Other Authors: Post, Eric S
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2022
• Subjects: Ecology; Conservation biology; Arctic; climate change; herbivory; plant phenology; warming; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Climate change; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qx1s9vk

Changes in phenology, or the recurring timing of life history events, are one of the most apparent ecological effects of climatic warming. In general, plants have begun to emerge earlier as temperatures have warmed. Warming, however, may not be solely responsible for phenological advance observed in...