Integrating the effects of climate change and caribou herbivory on vegetation community structure in low Arctic tundra
Arctic tundra vegetation communities are rapidly responding to climate warming with increases in aboveground biomass, particularly in deciduous shrubs. This increased shrub density has the potential to dramatically alter the functioning of tundra ecosystems through its effects on permafrost degradat...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8071 |