Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years
Hopen, a small island in the Barents Sea, is situated within the polar desert region. Altogether 26 vascular plants have been noted in four inventories conducted between 1873 and 1982. The temperature climate following the Little Ice Age has fluctuated considerably but with a clear warming after 192...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64727 2023-05-15T14:19:13+02:00 Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years Skye, Erik 1989-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64727 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64727/48641 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64727 ARCTIC; Vol. 42 No. 4 (1989): December: 299–396; 323-332 1923-1245 0004-0843 Bioclimatology Climate change Effects of climate on plants History Plant distribution Plants (Biology) Seeds Glaciation Polar deserts Barents Sea Hopen Svalbard info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1989 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:53Z Hopen, a small island in the Barents Sea, is situated within the polar desert region. Altogether 26 vascular plants have been noted in four inventories conducted between 1873 and 1982. The temperature climate following the Little Ice Age has fluctuated considerably but with a clear warming after 1920. New areas have become available to the plants since permanent snowfields have melted. The number of species has increased from 17 in 1873 to 19 in 1982, but the turnover has been relatively large. Hopen does not show island biogeography equilibrium. Instead, the July mean temperature is probably the determining factor for the number of species. Mainly seed-dispersed species have colonized Hopen during this period. The origin of the vascular flora and the migration mechanisms are difficult to interpret if it is considered that the entire Svalbard Archipelago was simultaneously under ice during the Weichsel glaciation.Key words: vascular flora, polar desert region, climatic fluctuations, dispersal, island biogeography Mots clés: flore vasculaire, région désertique polaire, variations climatiques, dispersion, biogéographie insulaire Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Hopen Hopen island polar desert Svalbard Hopen University of Calgary Journal Hosting Barents Sea Hopen ENVELOPE(9.279,9.279,63.379,63.379) Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago ARCTIC 42 4 |
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Hopen, a small island in the Barents Sea, is situated within the polar desert region. Altogether 26 vascular plants have been noted in four inventories conducted between 1873 and 1982. The temperature climate following the Little Ice Age has fluctuated considerably but with a clear warming after 1920. New areas have become available to the plants since permanent snowfields have melted. The number of species has increased from 17 in 1873 to 19 in 1982, but the turnover has been relatively large. Hopen does not show island biogeography equilibrium. Instead, the July mean temperature is probably the determining factor for the number of species. Mainly seed-dispersed species have colonized Hopen during this period. The origin of the vascular flora and the migration mechanisms are difficult to interpret if it is considered that the entire Svalbard Archipelago was simultaneously under ice during the Weichsel glaciation.Key words: vascular flora, polar desert region, climatic fluctuations, dispersal, island biogeography Mots clés: flore vasculaire, région désertique polaire, variations climatiques, dispersion, biogéographie insulaire |
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Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years |
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Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years |
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Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years |
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Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years |
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Changes to the Climate and Flora of Hopen Island during the Last 110 Years |
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changes to the climate and flora of hopen island during the last 110 years |
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