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Title: Response of Arctic Alpine Biota to Climate Change - Evidence from Polar Urals GLORIA Summits
Authors: Mikhailov, Yu. E.
Moiseev, P. A.
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer
Citation: Mikhailov, Yu. E. Response of Arctic Alpine Biota to Climate Change - Evidence from Polar Urals GLORIA Summits / Yu. E. Mikhailov, P. A. Moiseev // Interconnected Arctic - Uarctic Congress 2016. – 2017. – P. 15-22.
Abstract: Polar Urals as one of target regions of Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) comprises a suite of four summits, representing an elevation gradient of alpine vegetation patterns. The sampling areas cover the summits from the tops down to the 10 m contour line and are divided into eight sections. For each section, a complete list of vascular plants and herpetobiotic arthropods was collected and resurveyed. In the period from 2001 untill 2015, the species numbers steadily increased and the total surplus of vascular plants was up to 13 species on separate summit. A general decrease in the total cover of vascular plants and changes in percentage cover of the dominant species was recorded on the permanent plots; certain species of herbs decreased and certain shrub species increased. Among the dominant species of invertebrates, ground beetles and millipedes were replaced by click beetles and spiders. After 14 years the altitudinal index calculated for vascular plants gave an average upward movement of 13.6 m, that is more pronounced than in Northern and Southern Urals. The thermophilization of the alpine plant communities of Polar Urals was found equal to 9.3% of one vegetation belt. The temperature sums obtained from data loggers demonstrate the slight tendency of increase, especially for the lower summits.
Keywords: DIVERSITY
Saint Petersburg State Univ
URI: https://elar.usfeu.ru/handle/123456789/9209
ISBN: 978-3-319-57532-2
978-3-319-57531-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57532-2_2
WoS: WOS:000469281900002
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