Data from: Root phenology unresponsive to earlier snowmelt despite advanced aboveground phenology in two subarctic plant communities

• Main Authors: Blume-Werry, Gesche, Jansson, Roland, Milbau, Ann
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2018
• Subjects: root production; alpine; fine roots; root growth; snowmelt; Life sciences; medicine and health care; climate change; phenology; arctic; Abisko area; Northern Sweden; envir; geo; Arctic; Abisko; Climate change; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21bg6

Earlier snowmelt at high latitudes advances aboveground plant phenology, thereby affecting water, nutrient and carbon cycles. Despite the key role of fine roots in these ecosystem processes, phenological responses to earlier snowmelt have never been assessed belowground. We experimentally advanced s...