The Mediterranean alpine is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems under future
environmental change. Yet, patterns, timing and environmental controls of plant growth are …

Widespread shrubification across the Arctic has been generally attributed to increasing air
temperatures, but responses vary across species and sites. Wood structures related to the …

Accelerating Arctic permafrost thaw results in increasing methane emissions affecting
regional and global climates, but the rate of permafrost disappearance can be difficult to …

Arctic and subarctic ecosystems are rapidly transforming due to global warming,
emphasizing the need to understand the genetic diversity and adaptive strategies of …

Shrub birches are important components of massive wetlands in Northeast China, although
much of these habitats have been lost over the past two decades. However, the taxonomy of …

Tundra is primarily a habitat for shrub growth, not trees, but growth of prostrate forms of trees
has been reported occasionally from the subarctic tundra region. In the light of on-going …

Genetic polymorphism of B. nana along the Ural ridge is analyzed based on the variability of
trnS-trnG, trnL-trnF, trnS-trnT, trnK1-trnK2, and matK1 cpDNA markers with the application of …

Here we present a Data Paper with microscopically measured data on ring widths of the
arctic-alpine dwarf shrub species Betula nana L. from Central Norway. We intend to …