Tree and Shrub Expansion Over the Past 34 Years at the Tree-Line Near Abisko, Sweden

• Published in: AMBIO
• Main Authors: Rundqvist, Sara, Hedenås, Henrik, Sandström, Anneli, Emanuelsson, Urban, Eriksson, Håkan, Jonasson, Christer, Callaghan, Terry V.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2011
• Subjects: Article; Abisko; Arctic; Betula nana; Climate change; Dwarf birch; Global warming
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357856; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21954730; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0174-0

Shrubs and trees are expected to expand in the sub-Arctic due to global warming. Our study was conducted in Abisko, sub-arctic Sweden. We recorded the change in coverage of shrub and tree species over a 32– to 34-year period, in three 50 × 50 m plots; in the alpine-tree-line ecotone. The cover of sh...