Complex Changes in Plant Communities across a Subarctic Alpine Tree Line in Labrador, Canada + Supplementary Appendix Table (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Trant, Andrew J., Lewis, Keith, Cranston, Brittany H., Wheeler, Julia A., Jameson, Ryan G., Jacobs, John D., Hermanutz, Luise, Starzomski, Brian M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: climate change; forest-tundra ecotone; Labrador; Mealy Mountains; soil temperature; species turnover; changement climatique; écotone de la toundra forestière; montagnes Mealy; température du sol; renouvellement des espèces; Canada; Arctic; Subarctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67569

As climate warms, abiotic factors, as well as plant community and biodiversity structure, may constrain or promote the movement of ecotone boundaries. Our study sought to examine how plant communities change across the tree-line ecotone of the Mealy Mountains in Labrador, Canada. We established eigh...