Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment
Variation in intraspecific traits is one important mechanism that can allow plant species to respond to global changes. Understanding plant trait responses to environmental changes such as grazing patterns, nutrient enrichment and climate warming is, thus, essential for predicting the composition of...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/326714 2024-01-07T09:47:06+01:00 Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment Jessen, Maria-Theresa Kaarlejärvi, Elina Olofsson, Johan Eskelinen, Anu Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme Research Centre for Ecological Change 2021-02-18T11:08:00Z 11 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326714 eng eng Wiley 10.1111/gcb.15378 Jane ja Aatos Erkon Saatio; Academy of Finland, Grant/Award Number: 253385 and 29719; iDiv Flexpool Program, Grant/Award Number: 34600565-11; Vetenskapsradet, Grant/Award Number: 2015-00498 Jessen , M-T , Kaarlejärvi , E , Olofsson , J & Eskelinen , A 2020 , ' Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment ' , Global Change Biology , vol. 26 , no. 12 , pp. 6742-6752 . https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15378 ORCID: /0000-0003-0014-0073/work/89117486 ba23e885-b8a3-41f3-8dbc-73cdba76be55 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326714 000577978200001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess anthropogenic change climate warming grazing herbivory intraspecific trait plasticity nutrient addition open-top chamber plant performance reindeer trait-environment relationship PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY COMMUNITY RESPONSES SPECIES RICHNESS GLOBAL CHANGE LEAF TRAITS NITROGEN TUNDRA VEGETATION TOLERANCE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Article publishedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:01:18Z Variation in intraspecific traits is one important mechanism that can allow plant species to respond to global changes. Understanding plant trait responses to environmental changes such as grazing patterns, nutrient enrichment and climate warming is, thus, essential for predicting the composition of future plant communities. We measured traits of eight common tundra species in a fully factorial field experiment with mammalian herbivore exclusion, fertilization, and passive warming, and assessed how trait responsiveness to the treatments was associated with abundance changes in those treatments. Herbivory exhibited the strongest impact on traits. Exclusion of herbivores increased vegetative plant height by 50% and specific leaf area (SLA) by 19%, and decreased foliar C:N by 11%; fertilization and warming also increased height and SLA but to a smaller extent. Herbivory also modulated intraspecific height, SLA and foliar C:N responses to fertilization and warming, and these interactions were species-specific. Furthermore, herbivory affected how trait change translated into relative abundance change: increased height under warming and fertilization was more positively related to abundance change inside fences than in grazed plots. Our findings highlight the key role of mammalian herbivory when assessing intraspecific trait change in tundra and its consequences for plant performance under global changes. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Global Change Biology 26 12 6742 6752 |
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anthropogenic change climate warming grazing herbivory intraspecific trait plasticity nutrient addition open-top chamber plant performance reindeer trait-environment relationship PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY COMMUNITY RESPONSES SPECIES RICHNESS GLOBAL CHANGE LEAF TRAITS NITROGEN TUNDRA VEGETATION TOLERANCE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology |
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anthropogenic change climate warming grazing herbivory intraspecific trait plasticity nutrient addition open-top chamber plant performance reindeer trait-environment relationship PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY COMMUNITY RESPONSES SPECIES RICHNESS GLOBAL CHANGE LEAF TRAITS NITROGEN TUNDRA VEGETATION TOLERANCE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Jessen, Maria-Theresa Kaarlejärvi, Elina Olofsson, Johan Eskelinen, Anu Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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anthropogenic change climate warming grazing herbivory intraspecific trait plasticity nutrient addition open-top chamber plant performance reindeer trait-environment relationship PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY COMMUNITY RESPONSES SPECIES RICHNESS GLOBAL CHANGE LEAF TRAITS NITROGEN TUNDRA VEGETATION TOLERANCE 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology |
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Variation in intraspecific traits is one important mechanism that can allow plant species to respond to global changes. Understanding plant trait responses to environmental changes such as grazing patterns, nutrient enrichment and climate warming is, thus, essential for predicting the composition of future plant communities. We measured traits of eight common tundra species in a fully factorial field experiment with mammalian herbivore exclusion, fertilization, and passive warming, and assessed how trait responsiveness to the treatments was associated with abundance changes in those treatments. Herbivory exhibited the strongest impact on traits. Exclusion of herbivores increased vegetative plant height by 50% and specific leaf area (SLA) by 19%, and decreased foliar C:N by 11%; fertilization and warming also increased height and SLA but to a smaller extent. Herbivory also modulated intraspecific height, SLA and foliar C:N responses to fertilization and warming, and these interactions were species-specific. Furthermore, herbivory affected how trait change translated into relative abundance change: increased height under warming and fertilization was more positively related to abundance change inside fences than in grazed plots. Our findings highlight the key role of mammalian herbivory when assessing intraspecific trait change in tundra and its consequences for plant performance under global changes. Peer reviewed |
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Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment |
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10.1111/gcb.15378 Jane ja Aatos Erkon Saatio; Academy of Finland, Grant/Award Number: 253385 and 29719; iDiv Flexpool Program, Grant/Award Number: 34600565-11; Vetenskapsradet, Grant/Award Number: 2015-00498 Jessen , M-T , Kaarlejärvi , E , Olofsson , J & Eskelinen , A 2020 , ' Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment ' , Global Change Biology , vol. 26 , no. 12 , pp. 6742-6752 . https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15378 ORCID: /0000-0003-0014-0073/work/89117486 ba23e885-b8a3-41f3-8dbc-73cdba76be55 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326714 000577978200001 |
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