Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra
Abstract In the forest‐tundra ecotone of the North Fennoscandian inland, summer and winter temperatures have increased by two to three centigrades since 1965, which is expected to result in major vegetation changes. To document the expected expansion of woodlands and scrublands and its impact on the...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2019040511284 2023-07-30T04:00:26+02:00 Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.) Oksanen, L. (Lauri) Oksanen, T. (Tarja) Pyykönen , A. (Anni) Olofsson, J. (Johan) Virtanen, R. (Risto) 2017 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019040511284 eng eng John Wiley & Sons info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Vuorinen, KEM, Oksanen, L, Oksanen, T, Pyykönen, A, Olofsson, J, Virtanen, R. Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline—Vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra. Glob Change Biol. 2017; 23: 3794– 3807, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13710. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Empetrum nigrum alpine arctic climate change disturbance lichens mosses reindeer tree line tundra vegetation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2017 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:55:33Z Abstract In the forest‐tundra ecotone of the North Fennoscandian inland, summer and winter temperatures have increased by two to three centigrades since 1965, which is expected to result in major vegetation changes. To document the expected expansion of woodlands and scrublands and its impact on the arctic vegetation, we repeated a vegetation transect study conducted in 1976 in the Darju, spanning from woodland to a summit, 200 m above the tree line. Contrary to our expectations, tree line movement was not detected, and there was no increase in willows or shrubby mountain birches, either. Nevertheless, the stability of tundra was apparent. Small‐sized, poorly competing arctic species had declined, lichen cover had decreased, and vascular plants, especially evergreen ericoid dwarf shrubs, had gained ground. The novel climate seems to favour competitive clonal species and species thriving in closed vegetation, creating a community hostile for seedling establishment, but equally hostile for many arctic species, too. Preventing trees and shrubs from invading the tundra is thus not sufficient for conserving arctic biota in the changing climate. The only dependable cure is to stop the global warming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Empetrum nigrum Fennoscandian Global warming Tundra Jultika - University of Oulu repository Arctic Darju ENVELOPE(21.949,21.949,68.714,68.714) |
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Empetrum nigrum alpine arctic climate change disturbance lichens mosses reindeer tree line tundra vegetation Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.) Oksanen, L. (Lauri) Oksanen, T. (Tarja) Pyykönen , A. (Anni) Olofsson, J. (Johan) Virtanen, R. (Risto) Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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Abstract In the forest‐tundra ecotone of the North Fennoscandian inland, summer and winter temperatures have increased by two to three centigrades since 1965, which is expected to result in major vegetation changes. To document the expected expansion of woodlands and scrublands and its impact on the arctic vegetation, we repeated a vegetation transect study conducted in 1976 in the Darju, spanning from woodland to a summit, 200 m above the tree line. Contrary to our expectations, tree line movement was not detected, and there was no increase in willows or shrubby mountain birches, either. Nevertheless, the stability of tundra was apparent. Small‐sized, poorly competing arctic species had declined, lichen cover had decreased, and vascular plants, especially evergreen ericoid dwarf shrubs, had gained ground. The novel climate seems to favour competitive clonal species and species thriving in closed vegetation, creating a community hostile for seedling establishment, but equally hostile for many arctic species, too. Preventing trees and shrubs from invading the tundra is thus not sufficient for conserving arctic biota in the changing climate. The only dependable cure is to stop the global warming. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.) Oksanen, L. (Lauri) Oksanen, T. (Tarja) Pyykönen , A. (Anni) Olofsson, J. (Johan) Virtanen, R. (Risto) |
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Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.) Oksanen, L. (Lauri) Oksanen, T. (Tarja) Pyykönen , A. (Anni) Olofsson, J. (Johan) Virtanen, R. (Risto) |
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Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.) |
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Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra |
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open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming fennoscandian tundra |
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John Wiley & Sons |
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2017 |
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ENVELOPE(21.949,21.949,68.714,68.714) |
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Arctic Darju |
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Arctic Darju |
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Arctic Climate change Empetrum nigrum Fennoscandian Global warming Tundra |
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Arctic Climate change Empetrum nigrum Fennoscandian Global warming Tundra |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Vuorinen, KEM, Oksanen, L, Oksanen, T, Pyykönen, A, Olofsson, J, Virtanen, R. Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline—Vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra. Glob Change Biol. 2017; 23: 3794– 3807, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13710. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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