Microsite conditions in retrogressive thaw slumps may facilitate increased seedling recruitment in the Alaskan Low Arctic
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4882
Abstract: Abstract In Low Arctic tundra, thermal erosion of ice‐rich permafrost soils (thermokarst) has increased in frequency since the 1980s. Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are thermokarst disturbances forming large open depressions on hillslopes through soil wasting… read more here.
Keywords: seed; recruitment; thaw slumps; seedling recruitment ... See more keywords
Declining temperature and increasing moisture sensitivity of shrub growth in the Low‐Arctic erect dwarf‐shrub tundra of western Greenland
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9419
Abstract: Abstract Evergreen dwarf shrubs respond swiftly to warming in the cool and dry High Arctic, but their response in the warmer Low Arctic, where they are expected to be outcompeted by taller species under future… read more here.
Keywords: dwarf; growth; vegetation; low arctic ... See more keywords