Caribou and muskoxen significantly affect Arctic plant growth, revealing their overlooked role in climate impacts.
A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.
The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures ...
About two-thirds of plants greened up earlier, and three-quarters were more abundant later in the season compared to plots without grazing. These include arctic draba and gray willow. Some species, ...
A study links herbivory to phenology in the Arctic. Phenology is the study of the timing of events in the natural world. In recent decades ...