Contemporary Changes in Vegetation of Polar Regions

Olech Maria, Węgrzyn Michał, Lisowska Maja, Słaby Agnieszka and Angiel Piotr
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Słaby Agnieszka: Zdzisław Czeppe Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Kraków, Poland
Angiel Piotr: Department of Antarctic Biology in Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ustrzycka 10/12, 02-141Warsaw, Poland

Papers on Global Change IGBP, 2011, vol. 18, issue 1, 35-51

Abstract: Rapid climate changes which have been observed over the recent years in both polar regions of the Earth, directly or indirectly affect vegetation dynamics. This article presents the main directions of the changes taking place in the recent years in tundra communities of both polar regions, based on original research carried out in the Arctic in Spitsbergen and in the maritime Antarctic on King George Island.

Keywords: climate change; tundra communities; plant succession; glacier forefields; Antarctica; Arctic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2478/v10190-010-0003-8

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