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Reindeer carcasses modulate vegetation composition and greenness in High-Arctic tundra.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/36054
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https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0026
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Dato
2024-10-23
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Situnayake, Maya Nisha; By, Marit; Larsen, Oddbjørn; Sombekke, Stijn; Kooistra, Lammert; Blaalid, Rakel; Østnes, Jan Eivind; Selva, Nuria; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; Steyaert, Sam
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Vertebrate carrion is an integral part of foodwebs in ecosystems and can impact biodiversity at the local as well as the landscape scale. However, very little knowledge currently exists about the ecological role of carrion in the Arctic ecosystems. We conducted a ground survey on the cover of five plant functional groups at paired reindeer carcass and control sites and analysed the relationship between cover and carcass presence in the Arctic tundra of Svalbard. Vegetation indices from Red-Green-Blue (RGB) imagery captured by drones complemented this, assessing plant productivity in terms of ‘spectral greening’ and modelling the relationship between vegetation index values and carcass distance. We show that graminoids capitalised most from carcass presence, whereas bryophytes and lichen showed decreases in cover. Woody plant and forb covers were not significantly impacted by carcass presence. The Red Green Blue Vegetation Index decreased locally at fresh carcasses (i.e. <1 year old) but showed an increase at more established carcass sites (i.e. >1 year). We show that carcasses have differential impacts on the plant functional groups of Svalbard’s tundra and induce a local ‘green-up’ through secondary succession within 2 metres of the carcass. Given their non-random distribution, carcasses may contribute to vegetation heterogeneity at landscape scales. This is relevant for understanding how climate change-induced reindeer mortalities will impact tundra plant community composition in the future.
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Canadian Science Publishing
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Situnayake, By, Larsen, Sombekke, Kooistra, Blaalid, Østnes, Selva, Pedersen, Steyaert. Reindeer carcasses modulate vegetation composition and greenness in High-Arctic tundra.. Arctic Science. 2024
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