Changes in Senescence for High Arctic Vegetation. A Study on How Climate Change May Affect Plant Communities

• Main Author: Nilsen, Agnes Kristine Balandin
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
• Subjects: Senescence; Precipitation; End of growing season; High Arctic vegetation; BIO-3907; Adventdalen; Arctic; Arctic Island; Svalbard; Cassiope tetragona; Climate change; Dryas octopetala; Salix polaris; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25866

Climate change is predicted to accelerate the closer you get to the poles. And in contrast to more southern regions, which is forecasted to receive increased temperatures and drought, the Arctic is predicted to get both higher temperatures and an increase in precipitation. This means that in the stu...