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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum
Resilience of Arctic plant communities: the potential for recovery from multiyear perturbations, RiS IS 6644
Awarded: NOK 43,593
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235863
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2014 - 2015
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In my masters thesis, I will examine the recovery of previously grazed tundra in ambient-temperature plots and in plots that have undergone long-term summer warming as part of the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX). Because a suite of biotic and abiot ic factors determine how plant communities respond to grazing (Speed et al., 2010), I will compare the response to herbivore exclusion in both a high-arctic site on Svalbard and a low-arctic site in Kilpisjarvi, Finland, to see whether one ecosystem is mo re vulnerable than the other.
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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum
62.6MILL. NOKtotal funding in the programme period633PROJECTShave received funding in the programme period4SOURCEShave financed the programme
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PolarNordområdeneArktisPortefølje Klima og miljøKlimaGlobale klimautfordringerLTP3 Klima, polar og miljøPolarSvalbardLTP3 Klima, miljø og energiGlobale utfordringerGlobale klimautfordringerNordområdenePortefølje ForskningssystemetKlimaNaturmangfold og miljøGlobale utfordringerInternasjonaliseringKlimarelevant forskningPolarArktisInternasjonaliseringInternasjonalt prosjektsamarbeidNaturmangfold og miljøKlimaNordområdeneSvalbard