Dominance hierarchies, diversity and species richness of vascular plants in an alpine meadow: contrasting short and medium term responses to simulated global change

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Juha M. Alatalo, Chelsea J. Little, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ulf Molau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014
• Subjects: Alpine tundra; Climate change; Plant community diversity; Meadow; Functional groups; Nutrient addition; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Latnjajaure; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.406; https://doaj.org/article/17e50046ff02499a93d3b53b14c80068

We studied the impact of simulated global change on a high alpine meadow plant community. Specifically, we examined whether short-term (5 years) responses are good predictors for medium-term (7 years) changes in the system by applying a factorial warming and nutrient manipulation to 20 plots in Latn...