Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013
Climate-induced changes in vegetation phenology at northern latitudes are still poorly understood. Continued monitoring and research are therefore needed to improve the understanding of abiotic drivers. Here we used 14 years of time lapse imagery and climate data from high-Arctic Northeast Greenland...
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ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/31731858 2023-05-15T14:27:27+02:00 Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 Westergaard-Nielsen, Andreas Lund, Magnus Pedersen, Stine Højlund Schmidt, Niels Martin Klosterman, Stephen Abermann, Jakob Hansen, Birger Ulf 2017 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:31731858 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8 en_US eng Springer Netherlands doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258658/pdf/ Ambio Westergaard-Nielsen, Andreas, Magnus Lund, Stine Højlund Pedersen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Stephen Klosterman, Jakob Abermann, and Birger Ulf Hansen. 2017. “Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013.” Ambio 46 (Suppl 1): 39-52. doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:31731858 High-Arctic Photography Primary productivity Time lapse Vegetation phenology Journal Article 2017 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8 2022-04-05T09:36:08Z Climate-induced changes in vegetation phenology at northern latitudes are still poorly understood. Continued monitoring and research are therefore needed to improve the understanding of abiotic drivers. Here we used 14 years of time lapse imagery and climate data from high-Arctic Northeast Greenland to assess the seasonal response of a dwarf shrub heath, grassland, and fen, to inter-annual variation in snow-cover, soil moisture, and air and soil temperatures. A late snow melt and start of growing season is counterbalanced by a fast greenup and a tendency to higher peak greenness values. Snow water equivalents and soil moisture explained up to 77 % of growing season duration and senescence phase, highlighting that water availability is a prominent driver in the heath site, rather than temperatures. We found a significant advance in the start of spring by 10 days and in the end of fall by 11 days, resulting in an unchanged growing season length. Vegetation greenness, derived from the imagery, was correlated to primary productivity, showing that the imagery holds valuable information on vegetation productivity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Version of Record Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Greenland Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard Arctic Greenland Ambio 46 S1 39 52 |
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Climate-induced changes in vegetation phenology at northern latitudes are still poorly understood. Continued monitoring and research are therefore needed to improve the understanding of abiotic drivers. Here we used 14 years of time lapse imagery and climate data from high-Arctic Northeast Greenland to assess the seasonal response of a dwarf shrub heath, grassland, and fen, to inter-annual variation in snow-cover, soil moisture, and air and soil temperatures. A late snow melt and start of growing season is counterbalanced by a fast greenup and a tendency to higher peak greenness values. Snow water equivalents and soil moisture explained up to 77 % of growing season duration and senescence phase, highlighting that water availability is a prominent driver in the heath site, rather than temperatures. We found a significant advance in the start of spring by 10 days and in the end of fall by 11 days, resulting in an unchanged growing season length. Vegetation greenness, derived from the imagery, was correlated to primary productivity, showing that the imagery holds valuable information on vegetation productivity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Version of Record |
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Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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Transitions in high-Arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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transitions in high-arctic vegetation growth patterns and ecosystem productivity tracked with automated cameras from 2000 to 2013 |
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