Belowground plant biomass of different tundra vegetation types and its relationship with local temperature

• Main Authors: Wang, Peng, Heijmans, M.M.P.D., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., Maximov, T.C., Berendse, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Life Science; Arctic; Hudson; Myers; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/belowground-plant-biomass-of-different-tundra-vegetation-types-an-2

IntroductionClimate warming in the Arctic is much faster than the global average (IPCC, 2013). This rapid climate warming increases aboveground productivity of tundra vegetation (Epstein et al., 2012, Hudson & Henry, 2009, Verbyla, 2008), and also shifts vegetation composition in tundra ecosyste...