Summer temperature—but not growing season length—influences radial growth of Salix arctica in coastal Arctic tundra

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Boyle, Joseph S., Angers-Blondin, Sandra, Assmann, Jakob J., Myers-Smith, Isla H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Dendroecology; Growth; Phenology; Shrub; Tundra; Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Climate change; Herschel; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/summer-temperaturebut-not-growing-season-lengthinfluences-radial-growth-of-salix-arctica-in-coastal-arctic-tundra(7f41db43-5f47-48e7-9418-bcfb4f6e36d1).html; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03074-9; https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/334135250/s00300_022_03074_9.pdf

Arctic climate change is leading to an advance of plant phenology (the timing of life history events) with uncertain impacts on tundra ecosystems. Although the lengthening of the growing season is thought to lead to increased plant growth, we have few studies of how plant phenology change is alterin...