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

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Robert W. Buchkowski, Douglas W. Morris, William D. Halliday, Angélique Dupuch, Clara Morrissette-Boileau, Stéphane Boudreau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: climate change; dendrochronology; response function; salix richardsonii; walker bay; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; Walker Bay; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2020.1824558; https://doaj.org/article/ccc883d94eb548a5a834d699d0a0c61a

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-f...