Grazing in the Arctic : can it mitigate the impacts of climate change? : case study: Zackenberg, northeast Greenland

• Main Author: Jonsson, Caroline
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; climate change; warming; grazing; ecosystem responses; muskox; herbivores; grazing optimization hypothesis; CO₂-fluxes; Greenland; Zackenberg; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Kalla; Arktis*; Climate change; East Greenland; Tundra
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/2970696

Climate change has affected ecosystem structure and composition in the Arctic during the last few decades. Researchers have observed a greening trend as the active layer depth is increasing due to rising air- and soil temperatures. Align with climatologic factors, Arctic ecosystems have a long histo...