Contrasting growth response of evergreen and deciduous arctic‐alpine shrub species to climate variability

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Svenja Dobbert, Roland Pape, Jörg Löffler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: arctic‐alpine greening and browning; Betula nana; climate–growth relations; dendrometer; Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum; growth physiology; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Browning; Climate change; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3688; https://doaj.org/article/29d05a243233415d9962a3b0d1976b85

Abstract Broad‐scale changes in arctic‐alpine vegetation and their global effects have long been recognized and labeled one of the clearest examples of the terrestrial impacts of climate change. Arctic‐alpine dwarf shrubs are a key factor in those processes, responding to accelerated warming in comp...