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dc.contributor.authorHagenberg, Liyenne Wu Chen
dc.contributor.authorVanneste, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorOpedal, Øystein Hjorthol
dc.contributor.authorPetlund, Hanne Torsdatter
dc.contributor.authorBjörkman, Mats Peter
dc.contributor.authorBjörk, Robert G.
dc.contributor.authorHolien, Håkon
dc.contributor.authorLimpens, Juul
dc.contributor.authorMolau, Ulf
dc.contributor.authorGraae, Bente Jessen
dc.contributor.authorDe Frenne, Pieter
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T07:45:32Z
dc.date.available2022-11-18T07:45:32Z
dc.date.created2022-10-13T20:15:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationEcological Research. 2022, 37 (6), 1-16.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0912-3814
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3032705
dc.description.abstractAlpine 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.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Ecological Society of Japan.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleVegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular-plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communitiesen_US
dc.title.alternativeVegetation change on mountaintops in northern Sweden: Stable vascular-plant but reordering of lichen and bryophyte communitiesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-16en_US
dc.source.volume37en_US
dc.source.journalEcological Researchen_US
dc.source.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1440-1703.12359
dc.identifier.cristin2061315
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