Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming. Elmendorf, S. C., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Björk, R. G., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Day, T. A., Dorrepaal, E., Elumeeva, T. G., Gill, M., Gould, W. A., Harte, J., Hik, D. S., Hofgaard, A., Johnson, D. R., Johnstone, J. F., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Jorgenson, J. C., Klanderud, K., Klein, J. A., Koh, S., Kudo, G., Lara, M., Lévesque, E., Magnússon, B., May, J. L., Mercado-Dı´az, J. A., Michelsen, A., Molau, U., Myers-Smith, I. H., Oberbauer, S. F., Onipchenko, V. G., Rixen, C., Martin Schmidt, N., Shaver, G. R., Spasojevic, M. J., Þórhallsdóttir, Þ. E., Tolvanen, A., Troxler, T., Tweedie, C. E., Villareal, S., Wahren, C., Walker, X., Webber, P. J., Welker, J. M., & Wipf, S. Nature Climate Change, 2(6):453–457, June, 2012.
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Temperature is increasing at unprecedented rates across most of the tundra biome. Remote-sensing data indicate that contemporary climate warming has already resulted in increased productivity over much of the Arctic, but plot-based evidence for vegetation transformation is not widespread. We analysed change in tundra vegetation surveyed between 1980 and 2010 in 158 plant communities spread across 46 locations. We found biome-wide trends of increased height of the plant canopy and maximum observed plant height for most vascular growth forms; increased abundance of litter; increased abundance of evergreen, low-growing and tall shrubs; and decreased abundance of bare ground. Intersite comparisons indicated an association between the degree of summer warming and change in vascular plant abundance, with shrubs, forbs and rushes increasing with warming. However, the association was dependent on the climate zone, the moisture regime and the presence of permafrost. Our data provide plot-scale evidence linking changes in vascular plant abundance to local summer warming in widely dispersed tundra locations across the globe.
@article{elmendorf_plot-scale_2012,
	title = {Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming},
	volume = {2},
	copyright = {© 2012 Nature Publishing Group},
	issn = {1758-678X},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v2/n6/abs/nclimate1465.html},
	doi = {10.1038/nclimate1465},
	abstract = {Temperature is increasing at unprecedented rates across most of the tundra biome. Remote-sensing data indicate that contemporary climate warming has already resulted in increased productivity over much of the Arctic, but plot-based evidence for vegetation transformation is not widespread. We analysed change in tundra vegetation surveyed between 1980 and 2010 in 158 plant communities spread across 46 locations. We found biome-wide trends of increased height of the plant canopy and maximum observed plant height for most vascular growth forms; increased abundance of litter; increased abundance of evergreen, low-growing and tall shrubs; and decreased abundance of bare ground. Intersite comparisons indicated an association between the degree of summer warming and change in vascular plant abundance, with shrubs, forbs and rushes increasing with warming. However, the association was dependent on the climate zone, the moisture regime and the presence of permafrost. Our data provide plot-scale evidence linking changes in vascular plant abundance to local summer warming in widely dispersed tundra locations across the globe.},
	language = {en},
	number = {6},
	urldate = {2017-02-07},
	journal = {Nature Climate Change},
	author = {Elmendorf, Sarah C. and Henry, Gregory H. R. and Hollister, Robert D. and Björk, Robert G. and Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie and Cooper, Elisabeth J. and Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. and Day, Thomas A. and Dorrepaal, Ellen and Elumeeva, Tatiana G. and Gill, Mike and Gould, William A. and Harte, John and Hik, David S. and Hofgaard, Annika and Johnson, David R. and Johnstone, Jill F. and Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala and Jorgenson, Janet C. and Klanderud, Kari and Klein, Julia A. and Koh, Saewan and Kudo, Gaku and Lara, Mark and Lévesque, Esther and Magnússon, Borgthor and May, Jeremy L. and Mercado-Dı´az, Joel A. and Michelsen, Anders and Molau, Ulf and Myers-Smith, Isla H. and Oberbauer, Steven F. and Onipchenko, Vladimir G. and Rixen, Christian and Martin Schmidt, Niels and Shaver, Gaius R. and Spasojevic, Marko J. and Þórhallsdóttir, Þóra Ellen and Tolvanen, Anne and Troxler, Tiffany and Tweedie, Craig E. and Villareal, Sandra and Wahren, Carl-Henrik and Walker, Xanthe and Webber, Patrick J. and Welker, Jeffrey M. and Wipf, Sonja},
	month = jun,
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {\#nosource, Conservation, Conservation biology, Impacts, Plant ecology, climate change, ecology},
	pages = {453--457},
}
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