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dc.contributor.authorH. Opedal, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorNystuen, Kristin Odden
dc.contributor.authorHagen, Dagmar
dc.contributor.authorHolien, Håkon
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Mia Vedel
dc.contributor.authorLang, Simone
dc.contributor.authorLindmo, Sigrid
dc.contributor.authorStrimbeck, Richard
dc.contributor.authorGraae, Bente Jessen
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-16T09:17:02Z
dc.date.available2021-03-16T09:17:02Z
dc.date.created2021-03-12T09:57:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0107-055X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2733540
dc.description.abstractThrough changes in climate and other environmental factors, alpine tundra ecosystems are subject to increased cover of erect shrubs, reduced predictability of rodent dynamics and changes in wild and domesticated herbivore densities. To predict the dynamics of these ecosystems, we need to understand how these simultaneous changes affect alpine vegetation. In the long term, vegetation dynamics may depend critically on seedling recruitment. To study drivers of alpine plant seedling recruitment, we set up a field experiment where we manipulated the opportunity for plant–plant interactions through vegetation removal and introduction of willow transplants, the occurrence of herbivory through caging of plots, and then sowed 14 species into the plots. We replicated the experiment in three common alpine vegetation types (heath, meadow and Salix shrubland) and recorded seedling emergence and survival over five years. Strong effects of vegetation removal and substantial differences in recruitment among dominant vegetation types suggested important effects of local vegetation on the recruitment success of vascular‐plant seedlings. Similarly, herbivore exclusion had strong positive effects on recruitment success. This effect arose primarily via reduced seedling mortality in plots from which herbivores had been experimentally excluded and became noticeably stronger over time. In contrast, we detected no consistent effects of experimental willow shrub introduction on seedling recruitment. These results demonstrate that large and small herbivores can affect alpine plant seedling recruitment negatively by trampling and feeding on seedlings. Importantly, the effects became stronger over time, suggesting that effects of herbivory on seedling recruitment accumulates over time and may relate to recruitment phases beyond initial seedling emergence.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWiley Online Libraryen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleHerbivores reduce seedling recruitment in alpine plant communitiesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.journalNordic Journal of Botany (NJB)en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/njb.02989
dc.identifier.cristin1897530
dc.description.localcode© 2021 The Authors. Nordic Journal of Botany published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
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