Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals
Shrub expansion into arctic and alpine tundra is one of the prominent vegetation changes currently underway. We studied the expansion of shrub vegetation into high elevation tundra in the Kvarkush Range of the Northern Ural mountains, Russia. Age structure analysis of the dominant shrub Juniperus si...
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fturalstatefe:oai:elar.usfeu.ru:123456789/10037 2023-06-06T11:51:14+02:00 Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals Grigorev, A. A. Shalaumova, Y. V. Erokhina, O. V. Sokovnina, S. Y. Vatolina, E. I. Wilmking, M. 2020 https://elar.usfeu.ru/handle/123456789/10037 en eng Science Press Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals / A. A. Grigoriev, Y. V. Shalaumova, O. V. Erokhina [et al.] // Journal of Mountain Science. – 2020. – Vol. 17. – Iss. 10. – P. 2339-2353. 1672-6316 https://elar.usfeu.ru/handle/123456789/10037 Journal of Mountain Science CLIMATE CHANGES EXPANSION JUNIPERUS SIBIRICA NORTHERN URAL MOUNTAINS PLANT COMMUNITIES TUNDRA VEGETATION Article info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 fturalstatefe 2023-04-16T05:57:33Z Shrub expansion into arctic and alpine tundra is one of the prominent vegetation changes currently underway. We studied the expansion of shrub vegetation into high elevation tundra in the Kvarkush Range of the Northern Ural mountains, Russia. Age structure analysis of the dominant shrub Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. seems to support ongoing upslope advance of shrubs, a process particularly active in the second half of the 20th century. We found a close connection between the expansion of shrub vegetation and the general change in climatic conditions of the cold season (months with mean air temperature below 0°C from November to March). In general, the greatest influence on the distribution of J. sibirica is exerted by the climate conditions of the beginning (November–January) and the end (March) of the cold season. With increasing elevation, the correlation coefficients between the establishment of J. sibirica shrubs and the precipitation of the beginning of the cold season increased, and reached maximum values at the top elevation level of the study area. However, the upwards shift of J. sibirica into typical mountain tundra does not lead to changes in the ecological structure of vegetation at this stage, but simply a decrease in the area of mountain tundra. © 2020, Science Press, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Sibirica Tundra ural mountains Ural State Forest Engineering University (USFEU): Electronic Archive Arctic |
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Shrub expansion into arctic and alpine tundra is one of the prominent vegetation changes currently underway. We studied the expansion of shrub vegetation into high elevation tundra in the Kvarkush Range of the Northern Ural mountains, Russia. Age structure analysis of the dominant shrub Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. seems to support ongoing upslope advance of shrubs, a process particularly active in the second half of the 20th century. We found a close connection between the expansion of shrub vegetation and the general change in climatic conditions of the cold season (months with mean air temperature below 0°C from November to March). In general, the greatest influence on the distribution of J. sibirica is exerted by the climate conditions of the beginning (November–January) and the end (March) of the cold season. With increasing elevation, the correlation coefficients between the establishment of J. sibirica shrubs and the precipitation of the beginning of the cold season increased, and reached maximum values at the top elevation level of the study area. However, the upwards shift of J. sibirica into typical mountain tundra does not lead to changes in the ecological structure of vegetation at this stage, but simply a decrease in the area of mountain tundra. © 2020, Science Press, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. |
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Grigorev, A. A. Shalaumova, Y. V. Erokhina, O. V. Sokovnina, S. Y. Vatolina, E. I. Wilmking, M. |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals |
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Expansion of Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. as a response to climate change and associated effect on mountain tundra vegetation in the Northern Urals / A. A. Grigoriev, Y. V. Shalaumova, O. V. Erokhina [et al.] // Journal of Mountain Science. – 2020. – Vol. 17. – Iss. 10. – P. 2339-2353. 1672-6316 https://elar.usfeu.ru/handle/123456789/10037 |
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