Tundra in the Rain: Differential vegetation responses to three years of experimentally doubled summer precipitation in Siberian shrub and Swedish bog tundra.

Precipitation amounts and patterns at high latitude sites have been predicted to change as a result of global climatic changes. We addressed vegetation responses to three years of experimentally increased summer precipitation in two previously unaddressed tundra types: Betula nana-dominated shrub tu...

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Published in:AMBIO
Main Authors: Keuper, F., Parmentier, F.W., Blok, D., van Bodegom, P.M., Dorrepaal, E., van Hal, J.R., van Logtestijn, R.S.P, Aerts, R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Betula nana
Northern Sweden
Tundra
Siberia
Online Access:https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/e9f0c4bc-21c8-41a6-bd31-abead14c6e13
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0305-2
https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/e9f0c4bc-21c8-41a6-bd31-abead14c6e13
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Summary:Precipitation amounts and patterns at high latitude sites have been predicted to change as a result of global climatic changes. We addressed vegetation responses to three years of experimentally increased summer precipitation in two previously unaddressed tundra types: Betula nana-dominated shrub tundra (northeast Siberia) and a dry Sphagnum fuscum-dominated bog (northern Sweden). Positive responses to approximately doubled ambient precipitation (an increase of 200 mm year

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