Response of plant communities to climate change during the late Holocene: Palaeoecological insights from peatlands in the Alaskan Arctic

• Published in: Ecological Indicators
• Main Authors: Gałka, Mariusz, Swindles, Graeme T., Szal, Marta, Fulweber, Randy, Feurdean, Angelica
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Climate change; Fire; Global warming; Permafrost; Shrub expansion; Sphagnum; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1800/1800; name=General Decision Sciences; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105; name=Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2303; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; name=SDG 13 - Climate Action; Arctic; Betula nana; Brooks Range; permafrost
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/d9f3b2bd-a670-49f7-ba0c-b8624cf895d0; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.062

High-resolution plant macrofossil records were examined alongside pollen, micro- and macro-charcoal, and testate amoeba data to elucidate the dynamics of two permafrost peatlands in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaskan Arctic. The vegetation dynamics of these two peatlands were driven...