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Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

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  • Sarah C. Elmendorf

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Gregory H. R. Henry

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Robert D. Hollister

    (Grand Valley State University)

  • Robert G. Björk

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe

    (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

  • Elisabeth J. Cooper

    (Institute for Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø)

  • Johannes H. C. Cornelissen

    (Institute of Ecological Science, VU University Amsterdam)

  • Thomas A. Day

    (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University)

  • Ellen Dorrepaal

    (Institute of Ecological Science, VU University Amsterdam
    Climate Impacts Research Centre, Umeå University)

  • Tatiana G. Elumeeva

    (Biological Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University)

  • Mike Gill

    (Canadian Wildlife Service)

  • William A. Gould

    (USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Jardı´n Botánico Sur)

  • John Harte

    (Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley)

  • David S. Hik

    (University of Alberta)

  • Annika Hofgaard

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research)

  • David R. Johnson

    (University of Texas at El Paso)

  • Jill F. Johnstone

    (University of Saskatchewan)

  • Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir

    (Institute of Biology, University of Iceland)

  • Janet C. Jorgenson

    (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service)

  • Kari Klanderud

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

  • Julia A. Klein

    (Colorado State University)

  • Saewan Koh

    (University of Alberta)

  • Gaku Kudo

    (Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)

  • Mark Lara

    (University of Texas at El Paso)

  • Esther Lévesque

    (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

  • Borgthor Magnússon

    (Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Urriðaholtsstræti 6-8)

  • Jeremy L. May

    (Grand Valley State University)

  • Joel A. Mercado-Dı´az

    (USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Jardı´n Botánico Sur)

  • Anders Michelsen

    (Terrestrial Ecology Section, University of Copenhagen
    Center for Permafrost (CENPERM) Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen)

  • Ulf Molau

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • Isla H. Myers-Smith

    (University of Alberta)

  • Steven F. Oberbauer

    (Florida International University)

  • Vladimir G. Onipchenko

    (Biological Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University)

  • Christian Rixen

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF)

  • Niels Martin Schmidt

    (NERI, Aarhus University)

  • Gaius R. Shaver

    (The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory)

  • Marko J. Spasojevic

    (One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis)

  • Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir

    (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service)

  • Anne Tolvanen

    (Finnish Forest Research Institute, Thule Institute, University of Oulu)

  • Tiffany Troxler

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF)

  • Craig E. Tweedie

    (University of Texas at El Paso)

  • Sandra Villareal

    (University of Texas at El Paso)

  • Carl-Henrik Wahren

    (Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, La Trobe University)

  • Xanthe Walker

    (University of British Columbia
    University of Saskatchewan)

  • Patrick J. Webber

    (Michigan State University)

  • Jeffrey M. Welker

    (University of Alaska Anchorage)

  • Sonja Wipf

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF)

Abstract

Satellite data suggest that contemporary climate warming has already resulted in increased productivity and shrub biomass over much of the Arctic, but plot-level evidence for vegetation transformation remains sparse. Now research provides plot-scale evidence linking changes in vascular plant abundance to local summer warming in widely dispersed tundra locations across the globe.

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  • Sarah C. Elmendorf & Gregory H. R. Henry & Robert D. Hollister & Robert G. Björk & Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe & Elisabeth J. Cooper & Johannes H. C. Cornelissen & Thomas A. Day & Ellen Dorrepaal & Tati, 2012. "Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(6), pages 453-457, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate1465
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1465
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