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Vegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular-plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communities
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- Hagenberg, Liyenne Wu Chen (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- Vanneste, Thomas (författare)
- Ghent University
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- Opedal, Øystein H. (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Biodiversitet,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate,Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC),Biodiversity,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC),Nord University
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- Petlund, Hanne Torsdatter (författare)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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- Björkman, Mats P., 1978 (författare)
- University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för geovetenskaper,Department of Earth Sciences
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- Björk, Robert G., 1974 (författare)
- University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för geovetenskaper,Department of Earth Sciences
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Holien, Håkon (författare)
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- Limpens, Juul (författare)
- Wageningen University
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- Molau, Ulf, 1951 (författare)
- University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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- Graae, Bente Jessen (författare)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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- De Frenne, Pieter (författare)
- Ghent University
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- 2022-09-26
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Ecological Research. - : Wiley. - 0912-3814 .- 1440-1703. ; 37:6, s. 722-737
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Abstract
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- Alpine ecosystems harbor remarkably diverse and distinct plant communities that are characteristically limited to harsh, and cold climatic conditions. As a result of thermal limitation to species occurrence, mountainous ecosystems are considered to be particularly sensitive to climate change. Our understanding of the impact of climate change is mainly based on vascular plants however, whereas cryptogams (i.e., lichens and bryophytes) are generally neglected or simply considered as one functional group. Here we aimed to improve our understanding of the drivers underlying temporal changes in vegetation of alpine ecosystems. To this end, we repeatedly surveyed the vegetation on four mountain summits along an elevational gradient in northern Sweden spanning a 19-year period. Our results show that the vascular plant communities remained relatively stable throughout the study period, despite fluctuations in terms of ground cover and species richness of shrubs and graminoids. In contrast, both lichens and bryophytes substantially decreased in cover and diversity, leading to alterations in community composition that were unrelated to vascular plant cover. Thermophilization of the vascular plant community was found only on the two intermediate summits. Our findings are only partially consistent with (long-term) climate-change impacts, and we argue that local non-climatic drivers such as herbivory might offset vegetation responses to warming. Hence, we underline the importance of considering local non-climatic drivers when evaluating temporal vegetation change in biologically complex systems.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- alpine vegetation
- climate change impact
- ecosystem change
- lichens and bryophytes
- non-climatic drivers
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Vanneste, Thomas
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Opedal, Øystein ...
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Petlund, Hanne T ...
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Björkman, Mats P ...
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Björk, Robert G. ...
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Holien, Håkon
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Limpens, Juul
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Molau, Ulf, 1951
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De Frenne, Piete ...
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