Community and species-specific responses to simulated global change in two subarctic-alpine plant communities

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Little, Chelsea J., Jägerbrand, Annika K., Molau, Ulf, Alatalo, Juha M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Calamagrostis lapponica; Carex bigelowii; global change; heath; Latnjajaure; Sweden; meadow; nutrient addition; plant community composition; subalpine tundra; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; warming; Arctic; Climate change; Northern Sweden; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00427.1

Long-term observational studies have detected greening and shrub encroachment in the subarctic attributed to current climate change, while global change simulations have showed that community composition and productivity may shift drastically in arctic, subarctic, and alpine tundra plant communities...