Article
Short-term effects of experimental goose grazing and warming differ in three low-Arctic coastal wetland plant communities
Journal of Vegetation Science
(2022)
Abstract
We show that short-term goose grazing predominates over short-term summer warming in eliciting compositional changes in three different low-Arctic coastal wetland plant communities. Yet, responses varied among communities and the same functional groups could respond differently across them, highlighting the importance of investigating the effects of biotic and abiotic drivers in different contexts. By showing that tundra wetland plant communities can differ in their immediate sensitivity to goose grazing and, though to a lesser extent, warming, our findings have implications for the functioning of these rapidly changing high-latitude ecosystems.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13139
Citation Information
Karen H. Beard. "Short-term effects of experimental goose grazing and warming differ in three low-Arctic coastal wetland plant communities" Journal of Vegetation Science Vol. 33 Iss. 3 (2022) p. e13139 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/karenh_beard/398/