Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline:vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra

• Main Authors: Vuorinen, K. E. (Katariina E. M.), Oksanen, L. (Lauri), Oksanen, T. (Tarja), Pyykönen , A. (Anni), Olofsson, J. (Johan), Virtanen, R. (Risto)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2017
• Subjects: Empetrum nigrum; alpine; arctic; climate change; disturbance; lichens; mosses; reindeer; tree line; tundra; vegetation; Arctic; Darju; Climate change; Fennoscandian; Global warming; Tundra
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019040511284

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...