Limited decadal growth of mountain birch saplings has minor impact on surrounding tundra vegetation ... : Begränsad tillväxt av fjällbjörkplantor över årtionden har liten inverkan på den omgivande tundran ...

• Main Authors: Scharn, Ruud, Negri, Isabel S., Løkken, Jørn O., Bacon, Christine D., Antonelli, Alexandre, Hofgaard, Annika, Nilsson, R. Henrik, Björk, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of Gothenburg 2022
• Subjects: biodiversity; biologisk mångfald; Species distribution; Arters utbredning; downy birch; glasbjörk; tree line; trädgräns; arctic region; arktiska regionen; environmental changes; miljöförändringar; Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Ecology; FOS: Biological sciences; Ekologi; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionsbiologi; Environment; Miljö; Arctic; Latnjajaure; Arktis*; Norra Sverige; Northern Sweden; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5878/p826-y513; https://researchdata.se/catalogue/dataset/2022-75-1/1

The study addresses two important issues in arctic treeline dynamics: • How do birch saplings, being the dominant treeline species, that have been established above treeline perform? • How do these birch saplings affect the surrounding tundra vegetation? For this, we collected species abundance meas...