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

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, Tatiana G. Elumeeva, Mike Gill, William A. Gould, John Harte, David S. Hik, Annika Hofgaard, David R. Johnson, Jill F. Johnstone, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir, Janet C. Jorgenson, Kari Klanderud, Julia A. Klein, Saewan Koh, Gaku Kudo, Mark Lara, Esther Lévesque, Borgthor Magnússon, Jeremy L. May, Joel A. Mercado-Dı´az, Anders Michelsen, Ulf Molau, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Steven F. Oberbauer, Vladimir G. Onipchenko, Christian Rixen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Gaius R. Shaver, Marko J. Spasojevic, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir, Anne Tolvanen, Tiffany Troxler, Craig E. Tweedie, Sandra Villareal, Carl-Henrik Wahren, Xanthe Walker, Patrick J. Webber, Jeffrey M. Welker and Sonja Wipf
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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
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
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
Patrick J. Webber: Michigan State University
Jeffrey M. Welker: University of Alaska Anchorage
Sonja Wipf: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 6, 453-457

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.

Date: 2012
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