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dc.contributor.authorLøkken, Jørn Olav
dc.contributor.authorHofgaard, Annika
dc.contributor.authorDalen, Linda
dc.contributor.authorHytteborn, Håkan
dc.coverage.spatialDovrefjell, Dovre Mountain, Central Norway, Innlandet, Oppland, Norwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-09T11:16:47Z
dc.date.available2019-05-09T11:16:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1100-9233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2597106
dc.description.abstractQuestions: Vegetation in the forest–tundra ecotone faces changes in both climate and land‐use. While climate warming is an important driver of vegetation growth and composition, herbivory may have opposing effects. In the present study, we experimentally test how removal of sheep herbivory affects the vegetation in an alpine forest–tundra ecotone, and how responses are manifested at higher temperatures. Location: Dovre Mountains, Central Norway. Methods: Shrub growth (height and cover) and ground layer composition were analysed each third year over an 18‐year period in a nested, three‐factorial experiment (ambient temperature and herbivory; ambient temperature and no herbivory; increased temperature and no herbivory). Fencing and open‐top‐chambers were used as expedients. Treatment effects and interactions over time were analysed using linear mixed effects models and ordination. Results: Shrub height and cover increased over time due to reduced herbivory, but without additional warming effect. Lichen cover declined in all treatments over time, but more rapidly and earlier under warming treatment (significant after three years). Contrary to expectations, there was no statistically significant increase in woody species due to warming, although evergreen woody species displayed a trend shift after six years, comprising a sharp decline towards year twelve. Litter accumulated in all treatments, but at higher rates under warming (significant after nine years). Conclusions: Our results disclose removal of sheep herbivory as a prominent driver of shrub growth, with warming as a subordinate driver in the studied alpine vegetation. The warming‐driven increased litter abundance may, however, be caused by the decrease of wind inside chambers and the subsequent absence of wind‐driven removal of litter. This chamber effect and the displayed timing differences in vegetation responses call for the critical use of short‐term experimental data in predictions of long‐term consequences of environmental change.nb_NO
dc.language.isofinnb_NO
dc.subjectalpine vegetationnb_NO
dc.subjectclimate warmingnb_NO
dc.subjectexclosurenb_NO
dc.subjectexperimental warmingnb_NO
dc.subjectforest–tundra ecotonenb_NO
dc.subjectherbivorynb_NO
dc.subjectlong‐term experimentnb_NO
dc.subjectOTCnb_NO
dc.subjectplant communitynb_NO
dc.titleGrazing and warming effects on shrub growth and plantnb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.typeJournal article
dc.rights.holder© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Vegetation Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Internation Association of Vegetation Sciencenb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber11nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Vegetation Sciencenb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jvs12752
dc.identifier.cristin1696628


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