Grazing and warming effects on shrub growth and plant

• Main Authors: Løkken, Jørn Olav, Hofgaard, Annika, Dalen, Linda, Hytteborn, Håkan
• Format: Text
• Language: Finnish
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: alpine vegetation; climate warming; exclosure; experimental warming; forest–tundra ecotone; herbivory; long‐term experiment; OTC; plant community; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Norway; Dovrefjell; Oppland; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2597106; https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs12752

Questions: Vegetation in the forest–tundra ecotone faces changes in both climate and land‐use. While climate warming is an important driver of vegetation growth and composition, herbivory may have opposing effects. In the present study, we experimentally test how removal of sheep herbivory affects t...