Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF)
Understanding the responses of tundra systemsto global change has global implications. Most tundraregions lack sustained environmental monitoring and oneof the only ways to document multi-decadal change is toresample historic research sites. The International PolarYear (IPY) provided a unique opport...
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ftstockholmuniv:oai:DiVA.org:su-69005 2023-05-15T15:08:58+02:00 Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) Callaghan, Terry Tweedie, Craig Å…kerman, Jonas Andrews, Christopher Bergstedt, Johan Butler, Malcolm G. Christensen, Torben R Cooley, Dorothy Dahlberg, Ulrika Danby, Ryan K. Daniels, Fred J. A. Molenaar, Johannes G. Dick, Jan Mortensen, Christian Ebbe Ebert-May, Diane Emanuelsson, Urban Eriksson, Håkan Hedenås, Henrik Henry, Greg. H. R. Hik, David S. Hobbie, John E. Jantze, Elin Jaspers, Cornelia Johansson, Cecilia Johansson, Margareta Johnson, David R. Johnstone, Jill F. Jonasson, Christer Kennedy, Catherine Kenney, Alice J. Keuper, Frida Koh, Saewan Krebs, Charles J. Lantuit, Hugues Lara, Mark J. Lin, David Lougheed, Vanessa L. Madsen, Jesper Matveyeva, Nadya McEwen, Daniel C. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Narozhniy, Yuriy K. Olsson, Håkan Pohjola, Veijo A. Price, Larry W. Rigét, Frank Rundqvist, Sara Sandström, Anneli Tamstorf, Mikkel Bogaert, Rik 2011 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-69005 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0179-8 eng eng Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) Ambio, 0044-7447, 2011, 40:6, s. 705-716 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-69005 doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0179-8 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess IPY Glaciers Permafrost Snow stratigraphy Tundra vegetation Limnology Shrubs Treeline Biological Sciences Biologiska vetenskaper Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2011 ftstockholmuniv https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0179-8 2023-02-23T21:41:55Z Understanding the responses of tundra systemsto global change has global implications. Most tundraregions lack sustained environmental monitoring and oneof the only ways to document multi-decadal change is toresample historic research sites. The International PolarYear (IPY) provided a unique opportunity for such researchthrough the Back to the Future (BTF) project (IPY project#512). This article synthesizes the results from 13 paperswithin this Ambio Special Issue. Abiotic changes includeglacial recession in the Altai Mountains, Russia; increasedsnow depth and hardness, permafrost warming, andincreased growing season length in sub-arctic Sweden;drying of ponds in Greenland; increased nutrient availabilityin Alaskan tundra ponds, and warming at mostlocations studied. Biotic changes ranged from relativelyminor plant community change at two sites in Greenland tomoderate change in the Yukon, and to dramatic increasesin shrub and tree density on Herschel Island, and in subarcticSweden. The population of geese tripled at one sitein northeast Greenland where biomass in non-grazed plotsdoubled. A model parameterized using results from a BTFstudy forecasts substantial declines in all snowbeds andincreases in shrub tundra on Niwot Ridge, Colorado overthe next century. In general, results support and provideimproved capacities for validating experimental manipulation,remote sensing, and modeling studies. IPY project 512 Back to the Future Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Herschel Herschel Island International Polar Year IPY permafrost Tundra Yukon Stockholm University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Greenland Herschel Island ENVELOPE(-139.089,-139.089,69.583,69.583) Yukon AMBIO 40 6 705 716 |
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IPY Glaciers Permafrost Snow stratigraphy Tundra vegetation Limnology Shrubs Treeline Biological Sciences Biologiska vetenskaper Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Callaghan, Terry Tweedie, Craig Å…kerman, Jonas Andrews, Christopher Bergstedt, Johan Butler, Malcolm G. Christensen, Torben R Cooley, Dorothy Dahlberg, Ulrika Danby, Ryan K. Daniels, Fred J. A. Molenaar, Johannes G. Dick, Jan Mortensen, Christian Ebbe Ebert-May, Diane Emanuelsson, Urban Eriksson, Håkan Hedenås, Henrik Henry, Greg. H. R. Hik, David S. Hobbie, John E. Jantze, Elin Jaspers, Cornelia Johansson, Cecilia Johansson, Margareta Johnson, David R. Johnstone, Jill F. Jonasson, Christer Kennedy, Catherine Kenney, Alice J. Keuper, Frida Koh, Saewan Krebs, Charles J. Lantuit, Hugues Lara, Mark J. Lin, David Lougheed, Vanessa L. Madsen, Jesper Matveyeva, Nadya McEwen, Daniel C. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Narozhniy, Yuriy K. Olsson, Håkan Pohjola, Veijo A. Price, Larry W. Rigét, Frank Rundqvist, Sara Sandström, Anneli Tamstorf, Mikkel Bogaert, Rik Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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Understanding the responses of tundra systemsto global change has global implications. Most tundraregions lack sustained environmental monitoring and oneof the only ways to document multi-decadal change is toresample historic research sites. The International PolarYear (IPY) provided a unique opportunity for such researchthrough the Back to the Future (BTF) project (IPY project#512). This article synthesizes the results from 13 paperswithin this Ambio Special Issue. Abiotic changes includeglacial recession in the Altai Mountains, Russia; increasedsnow depth and hardness, permafrost warming, andincreased growing season length in sub-arctic Sweden;drying of ponds in Greenland; increased nutrient availabilityin Alaskan tundra ponds, and warming at mostlocations studied. Biotic changes ranged from relativelyminor plant community change at two sites in Greenland tomoderate change in the Yukon, and to dramatic increasesin shrub and tree density on Herschel Island, and in subarcticSweden. The population of geese tripled at one sitein northeast Greenland where biomass in non-grazed plotsdoubled. A model parameterized using results from a BTFstudy forecasts substantial declines in all snowbeds andincreases in shrub tundra on Niwot Ridge, Colorado overthe next century. In general, results support and provideimproved capacities for validating experimental manipulation,remote sensing, and modeling studies. IPY project 512 Back to the Future |
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Callaghan, Terry Tweedie, Craig Å…kerman, Jonas Andrews, Christopher Bergstedt, Johan Butler, Malcolm G. Christensen, Torben R Cooley, Dorothy Dahlberg, Ulrika Danby, Ryan K. Daniels, Fred J. A. Molenaar, Johannes G. Dick, Jan Mortensen, Christian Ebbe Ebert-May, Diane Emanuelsson, Urban Eriksson, Håkan Hedenås, Henrik Henry, Greg. H. R. Hik, David S. Hobbie, John E. Jantze, Elin Jaspers, Cornelia Johansson, Cecilia Johansson, Margareta Johnson, David R. Johnstone, Jill F. Jonasson, Christer Kennedy, Catherine Kenney, Alice J. Keuper, Frida Koh, Saewan Krebs, Charles J. Lantuit, Hugues Lara, Mark J. Lin, David Lougheed, Vanessa L. Madsen, Jesper Matveyeva, Nadya McEwen, Daniel C. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Narozhniy, Yuriy K. Olsson, Håkan Pohjola, Veijo A. Price, Larry W. Rigét, Frank Rundqvist, Sara Sandström, Anneli Tamstorf, Mikkel Bogaert, Rik |
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Callaghan, Terry Tweedie, Craig Å…kerman, Jonas Andrews, Christopher Bergstedt, Johan Butler, Malcolm G. Christensen, Torben R Cooley, Dorothy Dahlberg, Ulrika Danby, Ryan K. Daniels, Fred J. A. Molenaar, Johannes G. Dick, Jan Mortensen, Christian Ebbe Ebert-May, Diane Emanuelsson, Urban Eriksson, Håkan Hedenås, Henrik Henry, Greg. H. R. Hik, David S. Hobbie, John E. Jantze, Elin Jaspers, Cornelia Johansson, Cecilia Johansson, Margareta Johnson, David R. Johnstone, Jill F. Jonasson, Christer Kennedy, Catherine Kenney, Alice J. Keuper, Frida Koh, Saewan Krebs, Charles J. Lantuit, Hugues Lara, Mark J. Lin, David Lougheed, Vanessa L. Madsen, Jesper Matveyeva, Nadya McEwen, Daniel C. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Narozhniy, Yuriy K. Olsson, Håkan Pohjola, Veijo A. Price, Larry W. Rigét, Frank Rundqvist, Sara Sandström, Anneli Tamstorf, Mikkel Bogaert, Rik |
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Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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Multi-Decadal Changes in Tundra Environments and Ecosystems : Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF) |
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multi-decadal changes in tundra environments and ecosystems : synthesis of the international polar year-back to the future project (ipy-btf) |
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Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) |
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