EA11.3-6 Impact of climate change on polar terrestrial ecosystems - Det Internasjonale Polaråret 2007-2008

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EA11.3-6 Impact of climate change on polar terrestrial ecosystems

Time: Friday 11 June 14:00 - 16:15
Location : Jan Mayen 2

Theme 3. Polar ecosystems and biodiversity

Session 3-6. Impact of climate change on polar terrestrial ecosystems

Subsession - Vegetation Dynamics

14:00 Extreme Differences in Lichen Growth Rate Coupled with Climatic Variations. A Tool to Asses Geomorphologic and Climatic Changes in a Global Context
Presenter: L.G. Sancho
14:15 Plant-induced variability in soil nutritional status of forest-tundra ecotones in the Kola Peninsula, Russia
Presenter: N.V. Lukina
14:30 Terrestrial plant community change in North American arctic and alpine tundra: Re-sampling the Webber Legacy
Presenter: David Johnson
14:45 Widespread Ecological Impacts of Shrub Expansion in Alpine and Arctic Tundra in the Yukon
Presenter: I H Myers-Smith
15:00 Biodiversity of Polar Ural's ecosystems (Russia) in connection with antropogenic and climatic shifts
Presenter: Vladimir Bolshakov
15:15 Long-term phenological changes in tundra plants in response to experimental warming using the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) Network
Presenter: T Troxler
15:30 The Use of passive warming chambers in Antarctica: effects on microclimate and terrestrial biota
Presenter: A.H.L. Huiskes
15:45 Extensive damage to sub-Arctic vegetation caused by extreme winter warming events: consistent evidence from a simulation study and a real event
Presenter: S Bokhorst
16:00 Climate-related soil changes in tundra ecosystems at Latnjajaure, northern Sweden - an ITEX-IPY project
Presenter: RG Björk