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Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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  • Isla H. Myers-Smith

    (School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh)

  • Sarah C. Elmendorf

    (National Ecological Observatory Network, 1685 38th Street, Suite 100 Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA
    University of Colorado)

  • Pieter S. A. Beck

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Forest Resources and Climate Unit, Via Enrico Fermi 2749 21027 Ispra VA, Italy
    Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA)

  • Martin Wilmking

    (Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald)

  • Martin Hallinger

    (Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Daan Blok

    (Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen)

  • Ken D. Tape

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • Shelly A. Rayback

    (213 Old Mill Building, 94 University Place, University of Vermont)

  • Marc Macias-Fauria

    (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY, UK)

  • Bruce C. Forbes

    (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Box 122 FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland)

  • James D. M. Speed

    (University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe

    (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
    University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2, Canada)

  • Christian Rixen

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastrasse 11 CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland)

  • Esther Lévesque

    (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières Québec G9A 5H7, Canada)

  • Niels Martin Schmidt

    (Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399 4000 Roskilde, Denmark)

  • Claudia Baittinger

    (National Museum of Denmark, Frederiksholms Kanal 12 1220 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Andrew J. Trant

    (School of Environmental Studies, PO Box 3060 STN CSC, University of Victoria
    Memorial University)

  • Luise Hermanutz

    (Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166 D-53115 Bonn, Germany)

  • Laura Siegwart Collier

    (Memorial University)

  • Melissa A. Dawes

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastrasse 11 CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland)

  • Trevor C. Lantz

    (School of Environmental Studies, PO Box 3060 STN CSC, University of Victoria)

  • Stef Weijers

    (Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166 D-53115 Bonn, Germany)

  • Rasmus Halfdan Jørgensen

    (University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 21 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark)

  • Agata Buchwal

    (Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166 D-53115 Bonn, Germany)

  • Allan Buras

    (Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald)

  • Adam T. Naito

    (Texas A&M University, 810 Eller O&M Building, Mailstop 3147 TAMU, College Station Texas 77843-3147, USA)

  • Virve Ravolainen

    (Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre)

  • Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Julia A. Wheeler

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastrasse 11 CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
    University of Basel, Institute of Botany)

  • Sonja Wipf

    (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastrasse 11 CH-7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland)

  • Kevin C. Guay

    (Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA)

  • David S. Hik

    (University of Alberta)

  • Mark Vellend

    (Faculté des Sciences, 2500, boulevard de l’Université, Université de Sherbrooke)

Abstract

Rapid climate warming has been linked to increasing shrub dominance in the Arctic tundra. Research now shows that climate–shrub growth relationships vary spatially and according to site characteristics such as soil moisture and shrub height.

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  • Isla H. Myers-Smith & Sarah C. Elmendorf & Pieter S. A. Beck & Martin Wilmking & Martin Hallinger & Daan Blok & Ken D. Tape & Shelly A. Rayback & Marc Macias-Fauria & Bruce C. Forbes & James D. M. Spe, 2015. "Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(9), pages 887-891, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate2697
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2697
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    1. Yanlan Liu & William J. Riley & Trevor F. Keenan & Zelalem A. Mekonnen & Jennifer A. Holm & Qing Zhu & Margaret S. Torn, 2022. "Dispersal and fire limit Arctic shrub expansion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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