Open‐top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller‐stature plant communities
Abstract Open‐top chambers simulate global warming by passively increasing air temperatures in field experiments. They are commonly used in low‐stature alpine and arctic ecosystems, but rarely in taller‐stature plant communities because of their limited height. We present a modified International Tu...
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crwiley:10.1111/2041-210x.12863 2024-09-15T18:02:31+00:00 Open‐top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller‐stature plant communities Welshofer, Kileigh B. Zarnetske, Phoebe L. Lany, Nina K. Thompson, Luke A.E. Goslee, Sarah National Science Foundation Michigan State University U.S. Department of Agriculture Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12863 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F2041-210X.12863 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/2041-210X.12863 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/2041-210X.12863 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/2041-210X.12863 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/2041-210X.12863 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#am http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Methods in Ecology and Evolution volume 9, issue 2, page 254-259 ISSN 2041-210X 2041-210X journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12863 2024-07-30T04:18:41Z Abstract Open‐top chambers simulate global warming by passively increasing air temperatures in field experiments. They are commonly used in low‐stature alpine and arctic ecosystems, but rarely in taller‐stature plant communities because of their limited height. We present a modified International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) chamber design for year‐round outdoor use in warming taller‐stature plant communities up to 1.5 m tall. We report a full year of results for the chambers' effects on air and soil temperature, relative humidity, and soil moisture in a northern hardwood forest clearing and a southern early successional grassland site located in Michigan, USA. Detailed construction plans are also provided. The chambers elevated daytime air temperatures at 1 m height by 1.8°C above ambient levels, on average over an entire year, at both the northern and southern site. The chambers did not affect relative humidity at either site. The chambers did not alter average soil temperature or moisture at the northern site and reduced soil temperatures and soil moisture at the southern site. The chambers increased variability in soil freeze/thaw cycles at both sites. The chambers achieved predicted levels of warming for mid‐century (2046–2065) scenarios consistent with the majority of representative concentration pathways in the International Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report, with minimal experimental artefact. This design is a valuable tool for examining the effects of in situ warming on understudied taller‐stature plant communities and creates the opportunity to expand future comparisons across a diversity of systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Climate change Global warming Tundra Wiley Online Library Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9 2 254 259 |
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Abstract Open‐top chambers simulate global warming by passively increasing air temperatures in field experiments. They are commonly used in low‐stature alpine and arctic ecosystems, but rarely in taller‐stature plant communities because of their limited height. We present a modified International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) chamber design for year‐round outdoor use in warming taller‐stature plant communities up to 1.5 m tall. We report a full year of results for the chambers' effects on air and soil temperature, relative humidity, and soil moisture in a northern hardwood forest clearing and a southern early successional grassland site located in Michigan, USA. Detailed construction plans are also provided. The chambers elevated daytime air temperatures at 1 m height by 1.8°C above ambient levels, on average over an entire year, at both the northern and southern site. The chambers did not affect relative humidity at either site. The chambers did not alter average soil temperature or moisture at the northern site and reduced soil temperatures and soil moisture at the southern site. The chambers increased variability in soil freeze/thaw cycles at both sites. The chambers achieved predicted levels of warming for mid‐century (2046–2065) scenarios consistent with the majority of representative concentration pathways in the International Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report, with minimal experimental artefact. This design is a valuable tool for examining the effects of in situ warming on understudied taller‐stature plant communities and creates the opportunity to expand future comparisons across a diversity of systems. |
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Goslee, Sarah National Science Foundation Michigan State University U.S. Department of Agriculture Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation |
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Open‐top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller‐stature plant communities |
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Open‐top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller‐stature plant communities |
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Open‐top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller‐stature plant communities |
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