Record-low primary productivity and high plant damage in the Nordic Arctic Region in 2012 caused by multiple weather events and pest outbreaks

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Bjerke, Jarle W ^a   Rune Karlsen, Stein ^b   Arild Hogda, Kjell ^b   Malnes, Eirik ^b   Jepsen, Jane U ^a   Lovibond, Sarah ^a,d   Vikhamar Schuler, Dagrun ^c   Tommervik, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Northern Research Institute Tromsø   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

anomalous weather events; disturbance; extreme events; long term monitoring series; NDVI; pathogens; plant stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; PATHOGENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; VEGETATION;

DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; NDVI; PLANT STRESS; WEATHER EVENTS;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FUTURE PROSPECT; PEST OUTBREAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER; WILDFIRE;

SCANDINAVIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84928711901     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084006     Document Type: Article

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