Understanding patterns of colonisation is important for explaining both the distribution of
single species and anticipating how ecosystems may respond to global warming. Insular …

 Abstract Papaveraceae tribus Papavereae includes an American and a mainly Eurasian
group of genera. The latter is proposed here to include eight genera. Amongst these, the …

Current global change is inducing heterogeneous warming trends worldwide, with faster
rates at higher latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Consequently, tundra vegetation is …

Betula pubescens Ehrh.(mountain birch) is the only forest-forming tree in Iceland. Since
human settlement (874 AD), the continuous 25,000 to 30,000 km2 forest has shrunk to 1.200 …

Iceland, located in the climatologically sensitive subarctic zone, is one of the key areas for
studying climate change and the current Arctic warming. Poor and rich heathland covers …

The presence of bacteria belonging to the Pseudomonas syringae complex in the natural
vegetation of several Icelandic habitat types has been recently reported, raising questions …

The North American lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) has been widely introduced globally
and is now considered invasive in several countries. It was first planted in subarctic Iceland …

This paper describes a long-term (1988–2018) data series from pollen monitoring in two
locations in Iceland: Akureyri and Reykjavík. Our data showed a low diversity of airborne …

This investigation was conducted to identify the content of metals in Calluna vulgaris (family
Ericaceae), Empetrum nigrum (family Ericaceae), Festuca vivipara (family Poaceae) and …

Scorzoneroides autumnalis is a highly polymorphic perennial with several described
infraspecific taxa, largely differing in involucre colour and indumentum intensity. Here, we …