Using Available Information to Assess the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation in the High Arctic: North Billjefjorden, Central Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

The only evident recent vegetation changes related to climate change are associated with succession after glacial retreats. By establishing a network of permanent plots, researchers will be able to monitor immigration of new species from diversity hot spots and from an abandoned settlement nearby. T...

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Published in:AMBIO
Main Authors: Klimešová, J. (Jitka), Prach, K. (Karel), Bernardová, A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
climate change
vegetation
Arctic
Svalbard
Climate change
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0235-4
http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0214487
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Summary:The only evident recent vegetation changes related to climate change are associated with succession after glacial retreats. By establishing a network of permanent plots, researchers will be able to monitor immigration of new species from diversity hot spots and from an abandoned settlement nearby. This will greatly enhance our ability to understand the effects of climate change on vegetation in the High Arctic.

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