Moving out of town? The status of alien plants in high‐Arctic Svalbard, and a method for monitoring of alien flora in high‐risk, polar environments

• Published in: Ecological Solutions and Evidence
• Main Authors: Bartlett, Jesamine, Westergaard, Kristine Bakke, Paulsen, Ingrid M. G., Wedegärtner, Ronja Elisabeth Magdalene, Wilken, Florian, Ravolainen, Virve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Arctic; Barentsburg; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2983679; https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12056

1. Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, mincreases the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant species. While settlements are known hotspots for persistent populations, little is known about colonization of particularly susceptible natural habita...