Dear colleagues,

Biology Thursday seminar continues on Thu 24^th Feb, 12:15 (zoom link below), with

Dr. Julia Kemppinen, OY / Geography:

Title

Arctic vegetation and soil moisture

Abstract

Climate change profoundly affects the hydrosphere and cryosphere of Arctic ecosystems. Yet, the importance of plant-available water is often underestimated in climate change impact research. As temperature, precipitation, ice, snow, permafrost, and the overall hydrological conditions are changing in the tundra, plant-available water is also likely to change. Therefore, knowledge on soil moisture and its spatial and temporal variation is crucial for understanding Arctic vegetation, for instance, plant species distributions, species richness, community composition, and plant functional traits. Yet, in the tundra, the influence of fine-scale patterns of moisture on terrestrial vegetation characteristics is a pronounced research gap in ecology.

Relevant publications

Kemppinen et al. 2021. Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01396-1

Kemppinen et al. 2019. Water as a resource, stress and disturbance shaping tundra vegetation. Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05764

Website: https://www.oulu.fi/university/researcher/julia-kemppinen

See you all online on Thu,

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