Sentences with phrase «other tundra vegetation»

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In other words, tree vegetation has not yet expanded to the climatic limit because of insufficient supply of larch seeds to tundra areas in the upper part of the treeline ecotone, although it is already close to this limit on some slopes.

The continued shrinkage of thaw ponds could bring significant changes to local ecosystems, as spruce forest is likely to supplant tundra as the dominant land cover.14, 20 This could lead to a northward advance of some species of plants and other trees, while leaving resident vegetation more vulnerable to early mortality — potentially further disrupting the climate.14, 20,21