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dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Mia Vedel
dc.contributor.authorGraae, Bente Jessen
dc.contributor.authorHagen, Dagmar
dc.contributor.authorEnquist, Brian J.
dc.contributor.authorNystuen, Kristin Odden
dc.contributor.authorStrimbeck, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-20T14:16:49Z
dc.date.available2018-11-20T14:16:49Z
dc.date.created2018-08-31T10:59:33Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationSørensen, M. V., Graae, B. J., Hagen, D., Enquist, B. J., Nystyen, K. O. & Strimbeck, R. (2018). Experimental herbivore exclusion, shrub introduction, and carbon sequestration in alpine plant communities. BMC Ecology, 18: 29. doi:nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1472-6785
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2574011
dc.description.abstractShrub cover in arctic and alpine ecosystems has increased in recent decades, and is predicted to further increase with climate change. Changes in shrub abundance may alter ecosystem carbon (C) sequestration and storage, with potential positive feedback on global C cycling. Small and large herbivores may reduce shrub expansion and thereby counteract the positive feedback on C cycling, but herbivore pressures have also changed in the alpine-arctic tundra; the increased shrub cover together with changes in herbivore pressure is leading to unpredictable changes in carbon sequestration and storage. In this study we investigate the importance of herbivory and shrub introduction for carbon sequestration in the short term. We measured standing biomass and daytime mid-growing season carbon fluxes in plots in a full factorial design where we excluded small and large mammalian herbivores and introduced Salix by planting Salix transplants. We used three study sites: one Empetrum-dominated heath, one herb- and cryptogam-dominated meadow, and one Salix-dominated shrub community in the low-alpine zone of the Dovre Mountains, Central Norway.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleExperimental herbivore exclusion, shrub introduction, and carbon sequestration in alpine plant communitiesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.rights.holder© 2018, The Author(s)nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber12nb_NO
dc.source.volume18nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Ecologynb_NO
dc.source.issue1nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12898-018-0185-9
dc.identifier.cristin1605752
dc.relation.projectThe Norwegian Research Council: 23060/E10nb_NO


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