Twenty-two years of warming, fertilisation and shading of subarctic heath shrubs promote secondary growth and plasticity but not primary growth

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Campioli, Matteo, Leblans, Niki, Michelsen, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biology; Human medicine; Abisko; Betula nana; Cassiope tetragona; Northern Sweden; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1003170151162165141; https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/01c120/2563.pdf

Abstract: Most manipulation experiments simulating global change in tundra were short-term or did not measure plant growth directly. Here, we assessed the growth of three shrubs (Cassiope tetragona, Empetrum hermaphroditum and Betula nana) at a subarctic heath in Abisko (Northern Sweden) after 22 ye...