Climate change in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems with particular attention to the vegetation of Svalbard
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143504
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CPR2025-S-5" target="_blank" >10.5817/CPR2025-S-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Climate change in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems with particular attention to the vegetation of Svalbard
Original language description
In the last four decades, warming in the Arctic has been much faster than in the rest of the World. The average air temperature in the Arctic has already risen at a rate of almost four times the global average. On average, the Arctic is now approximately 3 degrees C warmer than it was in 1980. Different Arctic regions - Svalbard in particular - warm faster than any other region on Earth. Such warming has consequences for terrestrial ecosystems. Since plant growth and development are closely linked to the temperature of spring and summer, the early onset of vegetation is one of the most remarkable consequences. Moreover, recent evidence from satellite data suggests there is a temperature-induced increase in growth rate and biomass production of Svalbard vegetation; plant species that dominate the tundra communities are growing taller and more densely. In this chapter, we present an analysis of climatic characteristics recorded at the Adventdalen weather station (operated by The University Centre in Svalbard) with particular attention to vegetation cover. In Adventdalen, community types form five groups of vegetation: (a) sparsely vegetated areas on dry subsoil, (b) sparsely vegetated areas on moist substrate, (c) densely vegetated areas on dry substrate, (d) densely vegetated areas on substrate and (e) areas of organic material. The period of 2011-2020 was analysed, and relations between climatic drivers were evaluated. The presented data support the idea of fast ongoing warming of the Svalbard terrestrial ecosystems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Czech Polar Reports
ISSN
1805-0689
e-ISSN
1805-0697
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
S
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
94-109
UT code for WoS article
001656303100005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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