Phenological and reproductive responses of tundra plants to enhanced snow cover in high arctic Adventdalen, Spitsbergen

• Main Author: Semenchuk, Philipp
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: (:none) 2009
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Arctic; Hanssen; Hatten; Rouse; Signalen; Svalbard; ACIA; Arktis*; Cassiope tetragona; Climate change; Dryas octopetala; Pedicularis hirsuta; Salix polaris; Saxifraga oppositifolia; Spitzbergen; Stellaria crassipes; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25365/thesis.6855; https://othes.univie.ac.at/6855/

Climate change scenarios suggest, among others, an increase of solid winter precipitation in high latitude sites, leading to enhanced and more stable temperatures under a resulting deeper snowpack and later melt out dates of affected areas. Snow accumulations behind snow fences have been used to sim...