Lightning and fires on the Arctic tundra seem to be on the rise. Jane Qiu meets the researchers learning from the scorched earth in Alaska. More than 20,000 lightning strikes were recorded on the ...

We employ a combination of long-term monitoring, modeling and experimental approaches in settings that range from alpine tundra to oak woodlands to grasslands ... Alternative states and positive ...

More information: Julia Kemppinen et al, Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01396-1 ...

Willard, Beatrice E. 1986-1988. Correspondence and curriculum vitae sent to Dr. Jean Langenheim in association with the project on women in ecology. Yost, Cheri. 2007. Willard, Bettie, Alpine Tundra ...

Researchers working on the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX ... professor of plant ecology at the University of Gothenburg and for many years a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on ...

1. Fighting Climate Change The woolly mammoth’s natural habitat was the Arctic tundra, an ecosystem that’s now threatened by permafrost melting and rising temperatures. By reintroducing ...

While tundra fires are not unprecedented—scientists ... even more fire fuel is being added to Arctic landscapes. “In terms of ecology, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Soja says.

Vegetation Ecology is a survey of physical and biological processes ... Course components –Background lectures, Field trip (Plains-to-tundra altitudinal transect), Field exercises, Readings, and ...

The results published in Nature Ecology & Evolution indicate that these generalisable patterns do exist. The researchers collected field data on 217 species from nearly 7000 study plots.