Decades of Change in Vascular Plant Composition in High-Latitude Ecosystems: Shifting Prevalence of Pollination Strategies.

ABSTRACT: The composition of high-latitude plant communities has changed over the past decades in response to several global change drivers. However, less is known about how these compositional long-term changes are reflected in the total cover of plant species that do or do not interact with pollinators. Using species-specific indicator values for pollinator dependence and nectar production, we provide empirical evidence on how compositional changes in vascular plant communities over the past 50 years are reflected in the cover of pollinator-dependent and pollinator-independent plants, as well as the cover of pollen- and nectar-rewarding and non-nectar plants, in two ecosystems in northern Fennoscandia. We show that the average cover of pollinator-independent plants greatly increased in both tundra

SUBMITTER: Kiilunen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature