Climate change is expected to cause (sub)arctic plant species to move polewards to track their climatic niche. However, rapid migration requires recruitment from seed, which is rare in arctic regions where most plants...
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Snow addition and warming impacts on arctic leaf anatomy and gas exchange
Climatic changes can result in modified leaf anatomy and gas exchange in arctic plants. In a one-year-old field experiment in Greenland, Schollert et al. investigate the effects of increased snow depth and warming on...
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Vegetation structure and invasibility of arctic tundra
Plant productivity and the cover of shrubs, grasses and dead plant material in arctic tundra are predicted to increase and the cover of bryophytes to decrease in response to higher air temperatures. Eckstein et al...
