Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia Arctic Transect

• Published in: Applied Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Walker, Donald A., Epstein, Howard E., Šibík, Jozef, Bhatt, Uma, Romanovsky, Vladimir E., Breen, Amy L, Chasnikova, Silvia, Daanen, Ronald, Druckenmiller, Lisa A., Ermokhina, Ksenia, Forbes, Bruce C., Frost, G. V., Geml, Jozsef, Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Khitun, O. V., Khomutov, Artem V., Kumpula, Timo, Kuss, Patrick, Matyshak, G. V., Moskalenko, Natalya G., Orekhov, Pavel T., Peirce, Jana, Raynolds, Martha K., Timling, Ina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1; name=Ecology; evolutionary biology; Arctic; Franz Josef Land; Yamal Peninsula; polar desert; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/5639bc9e-c62b-4299-825c-e3e5e825345f; https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12401; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060513581&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85060513581&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Questions: How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Vegetation Classification? What are the main environmental factors controlling tr...