Simulated climate change: the interaction between vegetation type and microhabitat temperatures at Ny �lesund, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Coulson, S., Hodkinson, I.D., Strathdee, A., Bale, J.S., Block, W., Worland, M.R., Webb, N.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1993
• Subjects: Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Lesund; Ny Ålesund; permafrost; Polar Biology; Spitzbergen; Tundra
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517636/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236585

Small polythene tents were used to simulate the effects of climate warming on two contrasting vegetation types (polar semi-desert and tundra heath) at Ny Ålesund, Spitzbergen, Svalbard. Temperature microclimates are compared within and without tents and between sites with contrasting vegetation type...