Quantification of recent changes to the forest- tundra ecotone through numerical analysis of aerial photographs.

• Published in: Écoscience
• Main Authors: Provencher-Nolet, Laurence, Bernier, Monique, Lévesque, Esther
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: arctic shrub tundra; change-detection analysis; object-based classification; shrubification; Umiujaq; Arctic; Canada; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/3662/; https://doi.org/10.2980/21-(3-4)-3715

Arctic ecosystems at the forest-tundra ecotone are particularly sensitive to climate-driven vegetation changes. Many recent studies have observed shifts in vegetation cover, particularly an increase in shrub growth. Here, vegetation changes were assessed at the local scale near Umiujaq, northern Que...