Flowering and fruiting responses to climate change of two Arctic plant species, purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) and mountain avens (Dryas integrifolia)

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Panchen Zoe A., Gorelick Root
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2015
• Subjects: climate change; mountain avens; purple saxifrage; itex; phenology; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Tanquary Fiord; Climate change; Mountain avens; Purple saxifrage; Quttinirpaaq National Park; Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2015-0016; https://doaj.org/article/5fd008cc79c5484aa03a6ac7182f5187

In temperate regions, there are clear indications that spring flowering plants are flowering earlier due to rising temperatures of contemporary climate change. Temperatures in temperate regions are rising predominantly in spring. However, Arctic regions are seeing unprecedented temperature increases...