Data for: Growing faster, longer or both? Modelling plastic response of Juniperus communis growth phenology to climate change ...
Aim: Plant growth and phenology plastically respond to changing climatic conditions both in space and time. Species-specific levels of growth plasticity determine biogeographical patterns and the adaptive capacity of species to climate change. However, a direct assessment of spatial and temporal var...
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| Language: | English |
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Dryad
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz659 https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz659 |
| Summary: | Aim: Plant growth and phenology plastically respond to changing climatic conditions both in space and time. Species-specific levels of growth plasticity determine biogeographical patterns and the adaptive capacity of species to climate change. However, a direct assessment of spatial and temporal variability in radial-growth dynamics is complicated, as long records of cambial phenology do not exist. Location: 16 sites across European distribution margins of Juniperus communis L. (the Mediterranean, the Arctic, the Alps and the Urals). Time period: 1940-2016 Major taxa studied: Juniperus communis Methods: We applied the Vaganov-Shashkin process-based model of wood formation to estimate trends in growing season duration and growth kinetics since 1940. We assumed that J. communis would exhibit spatially and temporally variable growth patterns reflecting local climatic conditions. Results: Our simulations indicate regional differences in growth dynamics and plastic responses to climate warming. Mean growing ... : This data package contains (i) input ring-width series of Juniperus communis used to calibrate the Vaganov-Shashkin model and (ii) outputs of the model important for the interpretations made in the above-referenced paper. (i) were obtained using standard dendrochronological procedures (including field sampling, laboratory processing and ring-width measurement). Individual datasets are stored in RWL format which might be uploaded by most of dendrochronological softwares. Data represent annual ring widths of J. communis shrubs. If multiple discs/radii were measured at specific site, they were averaged into the shrub level. One RWL file is provided for each site of the network. (ii) represent outputs of the Vaganov-Shashkin models' simulations applied on each site of the network. For detailed description of each dataset, please, see enclosed ###README.txt file. ... |
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