Open AccessResponses of lichen communities to 18 years of natural and experimental warming
Author(s) -
Juha M. Alatalo,
Annika K. Jägerbrand,
Shengbin Chen,
Ulf Molau
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcx053
Subject(s) - lichen , species richness , species evenness , ecology , vascular plant , canopy , global warming , biology , abundance (ecology) , plant community , arctic , alpine plant , climate change , species diversity , plant cover , environmental science
Climate change is expected to have major impacts on high alpine and arctic ecosystems in the future, but empirical data on the impact of long-term warming on lichen diversity and richness are sparse. This study report the effects of 18 years of ambient and experimental warming on lichens and vascular plant cover in two alpine plant communities, a dry heath with sparse canopy cover (54 %) and a mesic meadow with a more developed (67 %) canopy cover, in sub-arctic Sweden.
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