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The missing pieces for better future predictions in subarctic ecosystems: A Torneträsk case study.

Didac Pascual, Jonas Åkerman, Marina Becher, Terry V Callaghan, Torben R Christensen, Ellen Dorrepaal, Urban Emanuelsson, Reiner Giesler, Dan Hammarlund, Edward Hanna and 18 more

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Review in Ambio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Didac PascualDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden. didac.pascual@nateko.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8552-6524
Jonas ÅkermanDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Marina BecherGeological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, 751 28, Uppsala, Sweden.
Terry V CallaghanAlfred Denny Building, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
Torben R ChristensenDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
Ellen DorrepaalClimate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
Urban EmanuelssonSwedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Mobergavägen 19, 373 54, Senoren, Sweden.
Reiner GieslerClimate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
Dan HammarlundDepartment of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Edward HannaSchool of Geography, Think Tank, Ruston Way, Lincoln, LN6 7FL, UK.
Annika HofgaardNorwegian Institute for Nature Research, Torgarden, P.O. Box 5685, 7485, Trondheim, Norway.
Hongxiao JinDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Cecilia JohanssonDepartment of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
Christer JonassonDepartment of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Box 513, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jonatan KlaminderClimate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
Jan KarlssonClimate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
Erik LundinSwedish Polar Research Secretariat, Luleå tekniska universitet, 971 87, Luleå, Sweden.
Anders MichelsenDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
David OlefeldtDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General Services Building, Edmonton, T6G 2H1, Canada.
Andreas PerssonDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Gareth K PhoenixDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
Zofia RączkowskaDepartment of Geoenvironmental Research, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation PAS, Św. Jana 22, 31-018, Kraków, Poland.
Riikka RinnanDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Lena StrömDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Jing TangDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Ruth K VarnerDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall Rm 455, 8 College Rd., Durham, NH, 03824, USA.
Philip WookeyBiology and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
Margareta JohanssonDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme GA 871120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arctic and subarctic ecosystems are experiencing substantial changes in hydrology, vegetation, permafrost conditions, and carbon cycling, in response to climatic change and other anthropogenic drivers, and these changes are likely to continue over this century. The total magnitude of these changes results from multiple interactions among these drivers. Field measurements can address the overall responses to different changing drivers, but are less capable of quantifying the interactions among them. Currently, a comprehensive assessment of the drivers of ecosystem changes, and the magnitude of their direct and indirect impacts on subarctic ecosystems, is missing. The Torneträsk area, in the Swedish subarctic, has an unrivalled history of environmental observation over 100 years, and is one of the most studied sites in the Arctic. In this study, we summarize and rank the drivers of ecosystem change in the Torneträsk area, and propose research priorities identified, by expert assessment, to improve predictions of ecosystem changes. The research priorities identified include understanding impacts on ecosystems brought on by altered frequency and intensity of winter warming events, evapotranspiration rates, rainfall, duration of snow cover and lake-ice, changed soil moisture, and droughts. This case study can help us understand the ongoing ecosystem changes occurring in the Torneträsk area, and contribute to improve predictions of future ecosystem changes at a larger scale. This understanding will provide the basis for the future mitigation and adaptation plans needed in a changing climate.

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Climate ChangeEcosystemArctic RegionsSoilSwedenSoilAbiotic driversArctic and subarcticBiotic driversEcosystem changeResearch priorities

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PMID32920769
PMCPMC7782653

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