The overall aim of the field campaign is to provide insight on the structure and function of arctic tundra ecosystems. Specifically the field work aims at understanding the differential responses of shrub communities to climate change across space and time, and includes: (i) a dendro-ecological investigation of local shrub recruitment and growth pulses and their variation across environmental gradients, (ii) high resolution mapping of vegetation with drones, (iii) scaling of vegetation structure from plots to the landscape and region via imagery from drones, remote sensing and manned aircrafts, (iii) quantification of variation in species functional traits (especially specific leaf area, wood density, and vegetation heights) across climatic gradients.

Field Site: Villum Research Station, Station Nord

PI: Signe Normand

Link to: Isaaffik website