Warmer temperatures promote shrub radial growth but not cover in the central Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Buchkowski, Robert W., Morris, Douglas W., Halliday, William D., Dupuch, Angélique, Morrissette-Boileau, Clara, Boudreau, Stéphane
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Subjects: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Developmental Biology; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Walker Bay; Climate change
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13157864.v1; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Warmer_temperatures_promote_shrub_radial_growth_but_not_cover_in_the_central_Canadian_Arctic/13157864/1

We assessed the response of Salix richardsonii , a deciduous shrub, to climate change by determining the combination of climatic factors that regulated its growth over the past half-century. We tested whether increasing arctic temperatures promote shrub growth and increased cover. We analyzed fifty-...