Differential Responses of Arctic Vegetation to Nutrient Enrichment by Plankton- and Fish-Eating Colonial Seabirds in Spitsbergen

• Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science
• Main Authors: Zwolicki, Adrian, Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, Katarzyna, Matuła, Jan, Wojtuń, Bronisław, Stempniewicz, Lech
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Guano; Alle alle; Black-legged Kittiwake; Cerastium arcticum; Cochlearia groenlandica; Deschampsia alpina; little auk; Poa alpina; rissa tridactyla; Uria lomvia; Spitsbergen; uria
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5187377/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01959

The role of seabirds as sea-land biovectors of nutrients is well documented. However, no studies have examined whether and how colonial seabirds that differ in diet may influence terrestrial vegetation. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to describe and compare plant communities located in the...