The need to understand the stability of arctic vegetation during rapid climate change: An assessment of imbalance in the literature

• Published in: Ambio
• Main Authors: Callaghan T. V., Cazzolla Gatti R., Phoenix G.
• Other Authors: Callaghan T.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Browning; Climate change; Greening; Heterogeneity; Stability; Vegetation; Arctic Region; Bioma; Global Warming; Ecosystem; Global warming
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/869299; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01607-w

In early studies, northern vegetation response to global warming recognised both increases in biomass/cover and shrinking of species’ distributional ranges. Subsequent field measurements focussed on vegetation cover and biomass increases (“greening”), and more recently decreases (“browning”). Howeve...