J. Geml et al. consequences for global change. The arctic tundra occupies an area of 8 million km 2 and stores a great portion of the Earth’s reactive carbon (Callaghan et al., 2005). The extent of recent climate change is greatest at high latitudes, where further increases in winter and summer temp...

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Summary:J. Geml et al. consequences for global change. The arctic tundra occupies an area of 8 million km 2 and stores a great portion of the Earth’s reactive carbon (Callaghan et al., 2005). The extent of recent climate change is greatest at high latitudes, where further increases in winter and summer temperatures and winter precipitation are predicted. Although plants and animals have