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The Response of Alpine Salix Shrubs to Long-Term Browsing Varies with Elevation and Herbivore Density

Speed, James David Mervyn; Austrheim, Gunnar; Hester, Alison J.; Mysterud, Atle
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2467671
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2013
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Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research. 2013, 45 (4), 584-593.   10.1657/1938-4246-45.4.584
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The widespread expansion of shrubs into arctic and alpine regions has frequently been linked to climatic warming, but herbivory can play a role in addition to, or in interaction with, climate. Willow (Salix spp.) shrubs are important constituents of alpine ecosystems, influencing community structure and providing habitat and forage for many species. We investigate the impact of browsing by domestic sheep (Ovis aries), the dominant herbivore in Norwegian mountains, on Salix stem density, height, and radial growth. We used a field experiment, replicated along an elevational gradient, with manipulated densities of sheep (no sheep, low density, and high density at 0, 25, and 80 sheep km-2). We found that Salix shoot density and radial growth were greatest at high sheep density but only at low elevations, indicating that competition from field-layer vegetation at lower sheep densities reduced Salix performance. At higher elevations Salix shoot density and radial growth were lower at high sheep density than at low sheep density and in the absence of sheep. Thus at high elevations sheep browsing is likely to slow the expansion of Salix shrubs, whilst the removal of browsing is likely to constrain Salix expansion at lower elevations.
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University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
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Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research

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