Ecological and evolutionary consequences of experimental and natural warming in the high Arctic tundra

• Main Author: Bjorkman, Anne Donahey
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Alexandra Fiord; Climate change; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51901

Recent increases in global temperatures are having substantial and often unpredictable consequences for the earth’s biota. Species’ responses to environmental change depend on 1) the ability of individuals to adjust in situ through phenotypic plasticity, 2) the rate at which evolutionary adaptation...