Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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. Speed, Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe, Christian Rixen, Esther Lévesque, Niels Martin Schmidt, Claudia Baittinger, Andrew J. Trant, Luise Hermanutz, Laura Siegwart Collier, Melissa A. Dawes, Trevor C. Lantz, Stef Weijers, Rasmus Halfdan Jørgensen, Agata Buchwal, Allan Buras, Adam T. Naito, Virve Ravolainen, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Julia A. Wheeler, Sonja Wipf, Kevin C. Guay, David S. Hik and Mark Vellend
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 9, 887-891

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.

Date: 2015
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