Alpine shrub growth follows bimodal seasonal patterns across biomes – unexpected environmental controls

• Published in: Communications Biology
• Main Authors: Dobbert, Svenja, Albrecht, Eike Corina, Pape, Roland, Löffler, Jörg
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Browning; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9357034/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35933562; https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03741-x

Under climate change, cold-adapted alpine ecosystems are turning into hotspots of warming. However, the complexity of driving forces of growth, associated biomass gain and carbon storage of alpine shrubs is poorly understood. We monitored alpine growth mechanisms of six common shrub species across c...