Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome
Chronic, low intensity herbivory by invertebrates, termed background herbivory, has been understudied in tundra, yet its impacts are likely to increase in a warmer Arctic. The magnitude of these changes is however hard to predict as we know little about the drivers of current levels of invertebrate...
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Chronic, low intensity herbivory by invertebrates, termed background herbivory, has been understudied in tundra, yet its impacts are likely to increase in a warmer Arctic. The magnitude of these changes is however hard to predict as we know little about the drivers of current levels of invertebrate herbivory in tundra. We assessed the intensity of invertebrate herbivory on a common tundra plant, the dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex), and investigated its relationship to latitude and climate across the tundra biome. Leaf damage by defoliating, mining and gall-forming invertebrates was measured in samples collected from 192 sites at 56 locations. Our results indicate that invertebrate herbivory is nearly ubiquitous across the tundra biome but occurs at low intensity. On average, invertebrates damaged 11.2% of the leaves and removed 1.4% of total leaf area. The damage was mainly caused by external leaf feeders, and most damaged leaves were only slightly affected (12% leaf area lost). Foliar damage was consistently positively correlated with mid-summer (July) temperature and, to a lesser extent, precipitation in the year of data collection, irrespective of latitude. Our models predict that, on average, foliar losses to invertebrates on dwarf birch are likely to increase by 6--7% over the current levels with a 1 textdegreeC increase in summer temperatures. Our results show that invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch is small in magnitude but given its prevalence and dependence on climatic variables, background invertebrate herbivory should be included in predictions of climate change impacts on tundra ecosystems. |
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Barrio, Isabel C. Lindén, Elin Te Beest, Mariska Olofsson, Johan Rocha, Adrian Soininen, Eeva M. Alatalo, Juha M. Andersson, Tommi Asmus, Ashley Boike, Julia Bråthen, Kari Anne Bryant, John P. Buchwal, Agata Bueno, C. Guillermo Christie, Katherine S. Denisova, Yulia V. Egelkraut, Dagmar Ehrich, Dorothee Fishback, LeeAnn Forbes, Bruce C. Gartzia, Maite Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Heijmans, Monique M. P. D. Hik, David S. Hofgaard, Annika Holmgren, Milena Høye, Toke T. Huebner, Diane C. Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala Kaarlejärvi, Elina Kumpula, Timo Lange, Cynthia Y. M. J. G. Lange, Jelena Lévesque, Esther Limpens, Juul Macias-Fauria, Marc Myers-Smith, Isla van Nieukerken, Erik J. Normand, Signe Post, Eric S. Schmidt, Niels Martin Sitters, Judith Skoracka, Anna Sokolov, Alexander Sokolova, Natalya Speed, James D.M. Street, Lorna E. Sundqvist, Maja K. Suominen, Otso Tananaev, Nikita Tremblay, Jean-Pierre Urbanowicz, Christine Uvarov, Sergey A. Watts, David Wilmking, Martin Wookey, Philip A. Zimmermann, Heike H. Zverev, Vitali Kozlov, Mikhail V. |
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Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome |
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Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome |
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Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome |
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Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome |
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background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome |
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ftknawnlpublic:oai:pure.knaw.nl:publications/805af629-012d-4cab-bac7-c79cb3ef46f5 2024-09-15T18:02:32+00:00 Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome Barrio, Isabel C. Lindén, Elin Te Beest, Mariska Olofsson, Johan Rocha, Adrian Soininen, Eeva M. Alatalo, Juha M. Andersson, Tommi Asmus, Ashley Boike, Julia Bråthen, Kari Anne Bryant, John P. Buchwal, Agata Bueno, C. Guillermo Christie, Katherine S. Denisova, Yulia V. Egelkraut, Dagmar Ehrich, Dorothee Fishback, LeeAnn Forbes, Bruce C. Gartzia, Maite Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Heijmans, Monique M. P. D. Hik, David S. Hofgaard, Annika Holmgren, Milena Høye, Toke T. Huebner, Diane C. Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala Kaarlejärvi, Elina Kumpula, Timo Lange, Cynthia Y. M. J. G. Lange, Jelena Lévesque, Esther Limpens, Juul Macias-Fauria, Marc Myers-Smith, Isla van Nieukerken, Erik J. Normand, Signe Post, Eric S. Schmidt, Niels Martin Sitters, Judith Skoracka, Anna Sokolov, Alexander Sokolova, Natalya Speed, James D.M. Street, Lorna E. Sundqvist, Maja K. Suominen, Otso Tananaev, Nikita Tremblay, Jean-Pierre Urbanowicz, Christine Uvarov, Sergey A. Watts, David Wilmking, Martin Wookey, Philip A. Zimmermann, Heike H. Zverev, Vitali Kozlov, Mikhail V. 2017-11-01 https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/805af629-012d-4cab-bac7-c79cb3ef46f5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2139-7 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/805af629-012d-4cab-bac7-c79cb3ef46f5 eng eng https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/805af629-012d-4cab-bac7-c79cb3ef46f5 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Barrio , I C , Lindén , E , Te Beest , M , Olofsson , J , Rocha , A , Soininen , E M , Alatalo , J M , Andersson , T , Asmus , A , Boike , J , Bråthen , K A , Bryant , J P , Buchwal , A , Bueno , C G , Christie , K S , Denisova , Y V , Egelkraut , D , Ehrich , D , Fishback , L , Forbes , B C , Gartzia , M , Grogan , P , Hallinger , M , Heijmans , M M P D , Hik , D S , Hofgaard , A , Holmgren , M , Høye , T T , Huebner , D C , Jónsdóttir , I S , Kaarlejärvi , E , Kumpula , T , Lange , C Y M J G , Lange , J , Lévesque , E , Limpens , J , Macias-Fauria , M , Myers-Smith , I , van Nieukerken , E J , Normand , S , Post , E S , Schmidt , N M , Sitters , J , Skoracka , A , Sokolov , A , Sokolova , N , Speed , J D M , Street , L E , Sundqvist , M K , Suominen , O , Tananaev , N , Tremblay , J-P , Urbanowicz , C , Uvarov , S A , Watts , D , Wilmking , M , Wookey , P A , Zimmermann , H H , Zverev , V & Kozlov , M V 2017 , ' Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome ' , Polar Biology , vol. 40 , no. 11 , pp. 2265-2278 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2139-7 , https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2305-6 international article 2017 ftknawnlpublic https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2139-720.500.11755/805af629-012d-4cab-bac7-c79cb3ef46f5 2024-07-22T23:43:54Z Chronic, low intensity herbivory by invertebrates, termed background herbivory, has been understudied in tundra, yet its impacts are likely to increase in a warmer Arctic. The magnitude of these changes is however hard to predict as we know little about the drivers of current levels of invertebrate herbivory in tundra. We assessed the intensity of invertebrate herbivory on a common tundra plant, the dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex), and investigated its relationship to latitude and climate across the tundra biome. Leaf damage by defoliating, mining and gall-forming invertebrates was measured in samples collected from 192 sites at 56 locations. Our results indicate that invertebrate herbivory is nearly ubiquitous across the tundra biome but occurs at low intensity. On average, invertebrates damaged 11.2% of the leaves and removed 1.4% of total leaf area. The damage was mainly caused by external leaf feeders, and most damaged leaves were only slightly affected (12% leaf area lost). Foliar damage was consistently positively correlated with mid-summer (July) temperature and, to a lesser extent, precipitation in the year of data collection, irrespective of latitude. Our models predict that, on average, foliar losses to invertebrates on dwarf birch are likely to increase by 6--7% over the current levels with a 1 textdegreeC increase in summer temperatures. Our results show that invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch is small in magnitude but given its prevalence and dependence on climatic variables, background invertebrate herbivory should be included in predictions of climate change impacts on tundra ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Climate change Dwarf birch Polar Biology Tundra Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Research Portal (KNAW) Polar Biology 40 11 2265 2278 |