Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia Arctic Transect.

ABSTRACT:

Questions

How do plant communities on zonal loamy vs. sandy soils vary across the full maritime Arctic bioclimate gradient? How are plant communities of these areas related to existing vegetation units of the European Vegetation Classification? What are the main environmental factors controlling transitions of vegetation along the bioclimate gradient?

Location

1700-km Eurasia Arctic Transect (EAT), Yamal Peninsula and Franz Josef Land (FJL), Russia.

Methods

The Braun-Blanquet approach was used to sample mesic loamy and sandy plots on 14 total study sites at six locations, one in each of the five Arctic bioclimate subzones and the forest-tundra transition. Trends in soil factors, cover of plant growth forms (PGFs) and species diversity were examined along the summer wa

SUBMITTER: Walker DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519894 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature