Data from: Photosynthetic and phenological responses of dwarf shrubs to the depth and properties of snow ...

• Main Authors: Saarinen, Timo, Rasmus, Sirpa, Lundell, Robin, Kauppinen, Olli-Kalle, Hänninen, Heikki
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: Vaccinium myrtillus; Photosynthesis; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; winter stress; Arctic; Saarinen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kg017; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.kg017

Snow is known to have a major impact on vegetation in arctic ecosystems, but little is known about how snow affects plants in boreal forests, where the snowpack is uneven due to canopy impact. The responses of two dwarf shrubs, the evergreen Vaccinium vitis-idaea and the deciduous V. myrtillus, to s...