Drought sensitivity of Empetrum nigrum shrub growth at the species’ southern lowland distribution range margin

• Published in: Plant Ecology
• Main Authors: Hein, Nils, Merkelbach, Julia, Zech, Katharina, Weijers, Stef
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: article; ScholarlyArticle; Published Version; ddc:333.7; Browning; Dieback; Dune ecosystems; Plant distribution; Retreat; Shrub expansion; Wadden sea; Arctic; Empetrum nigrum; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01107-z; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2023-00339-0; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00003660; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/macau_derivate_00004872/s11258-020-01107-z.pdf

The ongoing warming of the Earth’s atmosphere is projected to cause a northward shift of species’ distributions, as they track their climatic optimum. In the rapidly warming Arctic, this has already led to an increase of shrubs in tundra ecosystems. While this northern expansion of woody biomass has...