Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline—Vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Vuorinen, K.E.M., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Pyykönen, A., Olofsson, J., Virtanen, Risto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: alpine; arctic; climate change; disturbance; Empetrum nigrum; lichens; mosses; reindeer; tree line; tundra; vegetation; Arctic; Darju; Climate change; Fennoscandian; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=19136; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13710

In the forest-tundra ecotone of the North Fennoscandian inland, summer and winter temperatures have increased by two to three centigrades since 1965, which is expected to result in major vegetation changes. To document the expected expansion of woodlands and scrublands and its impact on the arctic v...