Monitoring Winter Stress Vulnerability of High-Latitude Understory Vegetation Using Intraspecific Trait Variability and Remote Sensing Approaches

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Elmar Ritz, Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: climate change; evergreen plants; extreme events; flavonol and chlorophyll sensor (Dualex); greenness indices; mosses; Chemical technology; TP1-1185; The Sentinel; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20072102; https://doaj.org/article/401312e1db5e47e5b9eda7cd7546709b

In this study, we focused on three species that have proven to be vulnerable to winter stress: Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Hylocomium splendens. Our objective was to determine plant traits suitable for monitoring plant stress as well as trait shifts during spring. To this end, we used...