Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow
Climate warming strongly influences reproductive phenology of plants in alpine and Arctic ecosystems. Here, we focus on phenological shifts caused by experimental warming in a typical alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Under soil water stress caused by warming, most plants in the alpine meadow ad...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0749 2024-09-30T14:30:56+00:00 Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow zhu, Juntao Zhang, Yangjian Wang, Wenfeng Ministry of Science and Technology of China National Natural Science Foundation of China 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0749 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0749 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0749 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Biology Letters volume 12, issue 7, page 20150749 ISSN 1744-9561 1744-957X journal-article 2016 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0749 2024-09-17T04:34:47Z Climate warming strongly influences reproductive phenology of plants in alpine and Arctic ecosystems. Here, we focus on phenological shifts caused by experimental warming in a typical alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Under soil water stress caused by warming, most plants in the alpine meadow advanced or delayed their reproductive events to be aligned with the timing of peak rainfall. As a result, warming significantly increased the temporal overlap among reproductive stages of early- and late-flowering species. In addition, we found that some species, for example the late-flowering species, were unable to produce flowers and fruits under warming with failed monsoon rains. The potentially warmer- and drier-growing seasons under climate change may similarly shift the phenological patterns and change species composition of these alpine systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change The Royal Society Arctic Biology Letters 12 7 20150749 |
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Climate warming strongly influences reproductive phenology of plants in alpine and Arctic ecosystems. Here, we focus on phenological shifts caused by experimental warming in a typical alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Under soil water stress caused by warming, most plants in the alpine meadow advanced or delayed their reproductive events to be aligned with the timing of peak rainfall. As a result, warming significantly increased the temporal overlap among reproductive stages of early- and late-flowering species. In addition, we found that some species, for example the late-flowering species, were unable to produce flowers and fruits under warming with failed monsoon rains. The potentially warmer- and drier-growing seasons under climate change may similarly shift the phenological patterns and change species composition of these alpine systems. |
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Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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Interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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interactions between warming and soil moisture increase overlap in reproductive phenology among species in an alpine meadow |
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