Journal
AMBIO
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages S39-S52Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0864-8
Keywords
High-Arctic; Photography; Primary productivity; Time lapse; Vegetation phenology
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- Danish National Research Foundation [CENPERM DNRF100]
- University of Copenhagen
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Climate-induced changes in vegetation phenology at northern latitudes are still poorly understood. Continued monitoring and research are therefore needed to improve the understanding of abiotic drivers. Here we used 14 years of time lapse imagery and climate data from high-Arctic Northeast Greenland to assess the seasonal response of a dwarf shrub heath, grassland, and fen, to inter-annual variation in snow-cover, soil moisture, and air and soil temperatures. A late snowmelt and start of growing season is counterbalanced by a fast greenup and a tendency to higher peak greenness values. Snow water equivalents and soil moisture explained up to 77% of growing season duration and senescence phase, highlighting thatwater availability is a prominent driver in the heath site, rather than temperatures. We found a significant advance in the start of spring by 10 days and in the end of fall by 11 days, resulting in an unchanged growing season length. Vegetation greenness, derived from the imagery, was correlated to primary productivity, showing that the imagery holds valuable information on vegetation productivity.
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