Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate
Climate warming in the North could lead to lichen decline within critical woodland caribou habitat. We used repeat measurements of sixty-nine plots over ten years (2007–2008 and 2017–2018) to assess lichen biomass changes under a warming climate along a latitudinal/climatic gradient in northwestern...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a18145a0774b4709b45a98ceea329e4b 2023-05-15T14:14:34+02:00 Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate Ruth Catherine Errington S. Ellen Macdonald Natalka A. Melnycky Jagtar S. Bhatti 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2022.2082263 https://doaj.org/article/a18145a0774b4709b45a98ceea329e4b EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15230430.2022.2082263 https://doaj.org/toc/1523-0430 https://doaj.org/toc/1938-4246 doi:10.1080/15230430.2022.2082263 1938-4246 1523-0430 https://doaj.org/article/a18145a0774b4709b45a98ceea329e4b Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 54, Iss 1, Pp 221-238 (2022) Lichen cover lichen height model boreal subarctic Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2022.2082263 2022-12-31T01:23:58Z Climate warming in the North could lead to lichen decline within critical woodland caribou habitat. We used repeat measurements of sixty-nine plots over ten years (2007–2008 and 2017–2018) to assess lichen biomass changes under a warming climate along a latitudinal/climatic gradient in northwestern Canada. We compared lichen biomass on sensitive landscape features, including peat plateaux (permafrost-containing bogs), areas of permafrost thaw within the peat plateaux (collapse scars), and low-productivity upland forests occurring on mineral soils. Field-based measures of lichen cover and height were coupled with samples of lichen biomass to develop biomass prediction equations. The optimal model incorporated both cover and height, with landscape feature as a covariate. Although height significantly improved the equation fit, models were successfully developed with cover alone. Modeled lichen biomass differed significantly between landscape features, declining from peat plateau (502 g m−2) to upland forest (54.0 g m−2) and collapse scar (0.690 g m−2) environments. In the absence of permafrost collapse at any monitoring location, lichen biomass declined significantly over the ten years for peat plateaux (−75.6 g m−2) and upland forests (−17.5 g m−2). These results will be important for quantifying landscape-level lichen biomass changes under climate warming in boreal and subarctic environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Peat Peat plateau permafrost Subarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 54 1 221 238 |
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Climate warming in the North could lead to lichen decline within critical woodland caribou habitat. We used repeat measurements of sixty-nine plots over ten years (2007–2008 and 2017–2018) to assess lichen biomass changes under a warming climate along a latitudinal/climatic gradient in northwestern Canada. We compared lichen biomass on sensitive landscape features, including peat plateaux (permafrost-containing bogs), areas of permafrost thaw within the peat plateaux (collapse scars), and low-productivity upland forests occurring on mineral soils. Field-based measures of lichen cover and height were coupled with samples of lichen biomass to develop biomass prediction equations. The optimal model incorporated both cover and height, with landscape feature as a covariate. Although height significantly improved the equation fit, models were successfully developed with cover alone. Modeled lichen biomass differed significantly between landscape features, declining from peat plateau (502 g m−2) to upland forest (54.0 g m−2) and collapse scar (0.690 g m−2) environments. In the absence of permafrost collapse at any monitoring location, lichen biomass declined significantly over the ten years for peat plateaux (−75.6 g m−2) and upland forests (−17.5 g m−2). These results will be important for quantifying landscape-level lichen biomass changes under climate warming in boreal and subarctic environments. |
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Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate |
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Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate |
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