The Effect of Snow on Plants and Their Interactions with Herbivores.

• Main Author: Torp, Mikaela
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2010
• Subjects: Snow; arctic ecosystem; plant-herbivore interactions; phenology; nitrogen; phenolics; experimental manipulation; natural gradient; inter-annual variability; Biological Sciences; Biologiska vetenskaper; Abisko; Arctic; Dwarf birch; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30444

The ongoing climate changes are predicted to accelerate fast in arctic regions with increases in both temperatures and precipitation. Although the duration of snow cover is generally expected to decrease in the future, snow depth may paradoxically increase in those areas where a large amount of the...