Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome
The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between vegetation and climate. A better understanding of how environmental factors shape plant structure and function is crucial for predicting the c...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2573066 2023-05-15T18:39:46+02:00 Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome Bjorkman, Anne D. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Elmendorf, Sarah C. Normand, Signe Rüger, Nadja Beck, Pieter S. A. Blach-Overgaard, Anne Blok, Daan Cornelissen, J. Hans C. Forbes, Bruce C. Georges, Damien Goetz, Scott J. Guay, Kevin C. Henry, Gregory H.R. HilleRisLambers, Janneke Hollister, Robert D. Karger, Dirk N. Kattge, Jens Manning, Peter Prevéy, Janet S. Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Thomas, Haydn J.D. Vellend, Mark Wilmking, Martin Wipf, Sonja Carbognani, Michele Hermanutz, Luise Lévesque, Esther Molau, Ulf Petraglia, Alessandro Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. Spasojevic, Marko J. Tomaselli, Marcello Vowles, Tage Alatalo, Juha M. Alexander, Heather D. Anadon-Rosell, Alba Angers-Blondin, Sandra te Beest, Mariska Berner, Logan Björk, Robert G. Buchwal, Agata Buras, Allan Christie, Katherine Cooper, Elisabeth J. Dullinger, Stefan Elberling, Bo Eskelinen, Anu Frei, Esther R. Grau, Oriol Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Semenschuk, Philipp Speed, James David Mervyn Hofgaard, Annika 2018 application/octet-stream http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2573066 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 eng eng Norges forskningsråd: 244557 urn:issn:0028-0836 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2573066 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 cristin:1615322 Nature Journal article Peer reviewed 2018 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 2021-12-23T07:16:43Z The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between vegetation and climate. A better understanding of how environmental factors shape plant structure and function is crucial for predicting the consequences of environmental change for ecosystem functioning. Here we explore the biome-wide relationships between temperature, moisture and seven key plant functional traits both across space and over three decades of warming at 117 tundra locations. Spatial temperature–trait relationships were generally strong but soil moisture had a marked influence on the strength and direction of these relationships, highlighting the potentially important influence of changes in water availability on future trait shifts in tundra plant communities. Community height increased with warming across all sites over the past three decades, but other traits lagged far behind predicted rates of change. Our findings highlight the challenge of using space-for-time substitution to predict the functional consequences of future warming and suggest that functions that are tied closely to plant height will experience the most rapid change. They also reveal the strength with which environmental factors shape biotic communities at the coldest extremes of the planet and will help to improve projections of functional changes in tundra ecosystems with climate warming. acceptedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Nature 562 7725 57 62 |
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The tundra is warming more rapidly than any other biome on Earth, and the potential ramifications are far-reaching because of global feedback effects between vegetation and climate. A better understanding of how environmental factors shape plant structure and function is crucial for predicting the consequences of environmental change for ecosystem functioning. Here we explore the biome-wide relationships between temperature, moisture and seven key plant functional traits both across space and over three decades of warming at 117 tundra locations. Spatial temperature–trait relationships were generally strong but soil moisture had a marked influence on the strength and direction of these relationships, highlighting the potentially important influence of changes in water availability on future trait shifts in tundra plant communities. Community height increased with warming across all sites over the past three decades, but other traits lagged far behind predicted rates of change. Our findings highlight the challenge of using space-for-time substitution to predict the functional consequences of future warming and suggest that functions that are tied closely to plant height will experience the most rapid change. They also reveal the strength with which environmental factors shape biotic communities at the coldest extremes of the planet and will help to improve projections of functional changes in tundra ecosystems with climate warming. acceptedVersion |
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Bjorkman, Anne D. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Elmendorf, Sarah C. Normand, Signe Rüger, Nadja Beck, Pieter S. A. Blach-Overgaard, Anne Blok, Daan Cornelissen, J. Hans C. Forbes, Bruce C. Georges, Damien Goetz, Scott J. Guay, Kevin C. Henry, Gregory H.R. HilleRisLambers, Janneke Hollister, Robert D. Karger, Dirk N. Kattge, Jens Manning, Peter Prevéy, Janet S. Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Thomas, Haydn J.D. Vellend, Mark Wilmking, Martin Wipf, Sonja Carbognani, Michele Hermanutz, Luise Lévesque, Esther Molau, Ulf Petraglia, Alessandro Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. Spasojevic, Marko J. Tomaselli, Marcello Vowles, Tage Alatalo, Juha M. Alexander, Heather D. Anadon-Rosell, Alba Angers-Blondin, Sandra te Beest, Mariska Berner, Logan Björk, Robert G. Buchwal, Agata Buras, Allan Christie, Katherine Cooper, Elisabeth J. Dullinger, Stefan Elberling, Bo Eskelinen, Anu Frei, Esther R. Grau, Oriol Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Semenschuk, Philipp Speed, James David Mervyn Hofgaard, Annika |
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Bjorkman, Anne D. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Elmendorf, Sarah C. Normand, Signe Rüger, Nadja Beck, Pieter S. A. Blach-Overgaard, Anne Blok, Daan Cornelissen, J. Hans C. Forbes, Bruce C. Georges, Damien Goetz, Scott J. Guay, Kevin C. Henry, Gregory H.R. HilleRisLambers, Janneke Hollister, Robert D. Karger, Dirk N. Kattge, Jens Manning, Peter Prevéy, Janet S. Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Thomas, Haydn J.D. Vellend, Mark Wilmking, Martin Wipf, Sonja Carbognani, Michele Hermanutz, Luise Lévesque, Esther Molau, Ulf Petraglia, Alessandro Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. Spasojevic, Marko J. Tomaselli, Marcello Vowles, Tage Alatalo, Juha M. Alexander, Heather D. Anadon-Rosell, Alba Angers-Blondin, Sandra te Beest, Mariska Berner, Logan Björk, Robert G. Buchwal, Agata Buras, Allan Christie, Katherine Cooper, Elisabeth J. Dullinger, Stefan Elberling, Bo Eskelinen, Anu Frei, Esther R. Grau, Oriol Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Semenschuk, Philipp Speed, James David Mervyn Hofgaard, Annika Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Bjorkman, Anne D. Myers-Smith, Isla H. Elmendorf, Sarah C. Normand, Signe Rüger, Nadja Beck, Pieter S. A. Blach-Overgaard, Anne Blok, Daan Cornelissen, J. Hans C. Forbes, Bruce C. Georges, Damien Goetz, Scott J. Guay, Kevin C. Henry, Gregory H.R. HilleRisLambers, Janneke Hollister, Robert D. Karger, Dirk N. Kattge, Jens Manning, Peter Prevéy, Janet S. Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Thomas, Haydn J.D. Vellend, Mark Wilmking, Martin Wipf, Sonja Carbognani, Michele Hermanutz, Luise Lévesque, Esther Molau, Ulf Petraglia, Alessandro Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. Spasojevic, Marko J. Tomaselli, Marcello Vowles, Tage Alatalo, Juha M. Alexander, Heather D. Anadon-Rosell, Alba Angers-Blondin, Sandra te Beest, Mariska Berner, Logan Björk, Robert G. Buchwal, Agata Buras, Allan Christie, Katherine Cooper, Elisabeth J. Dullinger, Stefan Elberling, Bo Eskelinen, Anu Frei, Esther R. Grau, Oriol Grogan, Paul Hallinger, Martin Semenschuk, Philipp Speed, James David Mervyn Hofgaard, Annika |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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