Disappearing green: Shrubs decline and bryophytes increase with nine years of increased snow accumulation in the High Arctic

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Cooper, Elisabeth J., Little, Chelsea J., Pilsbacher, Anna Katharina, Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; Cassiope tetragona; Dryas octopetala; Luzula confusa; Salix polaris; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17703; https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12793

Question - How does increased snow depth affect plant community composition of High Arctic tundra, and can the Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) detect induced changes? Location - Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard (78°10′ N, 16°04′ E). Methods - We manipulated snow depth on the tundra...