Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic
Aim Geomorphological processes profoundly affect plant establishment and distributions, but their influence on functional traits is insufficiently understood. Here, we unveil trait-geomorphology relationships in Arctic plant communities. Location High-Arctic Svalbard, low-Arctic Greenland and sub-Ar...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/345516 2024-01-07T09:40:42+01:00 Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic Kemppinen, Julia Niittynen, Pekka Happonen, Konsta le Roux, Peter C. Aalto, Juha Hjort, Jan Maliniemi, Tuija Karjalainen, Olli Rautakoski, Helena Luoto, Miska Department of Geosciences and Geography Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) BioGeoClimate Modelling Lab 2022-06-27T11:18:01Z 18 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/345516 eng eng Wiley 10.1111/geb.13512 J. K. was funded by the Arctic Interactions at the University of Oulu and Academy of Finland (318930, Profi 4). P.N. was funded by the Nessling Foundation and the Kone Foundation. K.H. was funded by Carl Tryggers Stiftelse. J.A. was funded by the Academy of Finland Flagship funding (337552). J.H. and O.K. were funded by the Academy of Finland (315519). T.M. was funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The field campaigns were funded by the Academy of Finland (307761 and 286950). Kemppinen , J , Niittynen , P , Happonen , K , le Roux , P C , Aalto , J , Hjort , J , Maliniemi , T , Karjalainen , O , Rautakoski , H & Luoto , M 2022 , ' Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic ' , Global Ecology and Biogeography , vol. 31 , no. 7 , pp. 1381-1398 . https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13512 ORCID: /0000-0001-6203-5143/work/115265846 ORCID: /0000-0001-6819-4911/work/115269351 ORCID: /0000-0002-7290-029X/work/115270531 ORCID: /0000-0001-7521-7229/work/115270714 85129294932 4d2579f5-8db2-48ce-a85d-d81ca1b4183b http://hdl.handle.net/10138/345516 000790583100001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 1171 Geosciences 1172 Environmental sciences 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Article publishedVersion 2022 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:07:08Z Aim Geomorphological processes profoundly affect plant establishment and distributions, but their influence on functional traits is insufficiently understood. Here, we unveil trait-geomorphology relationships in Arctic plant communities. Location High-Arctic Svalbard, low-Arctic Greenland and sub-Arctic Fennoscandia. Time period 2011-2018. Major taxa studied Vascular plants. Methods We collected field-quantified data on vegetation, geomorphological processes, microclimate and soil properties from 5,280 plots and 200 species across the three Arctic regions. We combined these data with database trait records to relate local plant community trait composition to dominant geomorphological processes of the Arctic, namely cryoturbation, deflation, fluvial processes and solifluction. We investigated the relationship between plant functional traits and geomorphological processes using hierarchical generalized additive modelling. Results Our results demonstrate that community-level traits are related to geomorphological processes, with cryoturbation most strongly influencing both structural and leaf economic traits. These results were consistent across regions, suggesting a coherent biome-level trait response to geomorphological processes. Main conclusions The results indicate that geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic. We provide empirical evidence for the existence of generalizable relationships between plant functional traits and geomorphological processes. The results indicate that the relationships are consistent across these three distinct tundra regions and that geomorphological processes should be considered in future investigations of functional traits. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Fennoscandia Greenland Svalbard Tundra HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic Greenland Svalbard Global Ecology and Biogeography 31 7 1381 1398 |
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1171 Geosciences 1172 Environmental sciences 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Kemppinen, Julia Niittynen, Pekka Happonen, Konsta le Roux, Peter C. Aalto, Juha Hjort, Jan Maliniemi, Tuija Karjalainen, Olli Rautakoski, Helena Luoto, Miska Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic |
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Aim Geomorphological processes profoundly affect plant establishment and distributions, but their influence on functional traits is insufficiently understood. Here, we unveil trait-geomorphology relationships in Arctic plant communities. Location High-Arctic Svalbard, low-Arctic Greenland and sub-Arctic Fennoscandia. Time period 2011-2018. Major taxa studied Vascular plants. Methods We collected field-quantified data on vegetation, geomorphological processes, microclimate and soil properties from 5,280 plots and 200 species across the three Arctic regions. We combined these data with database trait records to relate local plant community trait composition to dominant geomorphological processes of the Arctic, namely cryoturbation, deflation, fluvial processes and solifluction. We investigated the relationship between plant functional traits and geomorphological processes using hierarchical generalized additive modelling. Results Our results demonstrate that community-level traits are related to geomorphological processes, with cryoturbation most strongly influencing both structural and leaf economic traits. These results were consistent across regions, suggesting a coherent biome-level trait response to geomorphological processes. Main conclusions The results indicate that geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic. We provide empirical evidence for the existence of generalizable relationships between plant functional traits and geomorphological processes. The results indicate that the relationships are consistent across these three distinct tundra regions and that geomorphological processes should be considered in future investigations of functional traits. Peer reviewed |
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Kemppinen, Julia Niittynen, Pekka Happonen, Konsta le Roux, Peter C. Aalto, Juha Hjort, Jan Maliniemi, Tuija Karjalainen, Olli Rautakoski, Helena Luoto, Miska |
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Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic |
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10.1111/geb.13512 J. K. was funded by the Arctic Interactions at the University of Oulu and Academy of Finland (318930, Profi 4). P.N. was funded by the Nessling Foundation and the Kone Foundation. K.H. was funded by Carl Tryggers Stiftelse. J.A. was funded by the Academy of Finland Flagship funding (337552). J.H. and O.K. were funded by the Academy of Finland (315519). T.M. was funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The field campaigns were funded by the Academy of Finland (307761 and 286950). Kemppinen , J , Niittynen , P , Happonen , K , le Roux , P C , Aalto , J , Hjort , J , Maliniemi , T , Karjalainen , O , Rautakoski , H & Luoto , M 2022 , ' Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic ' , Global Ecology and Biogeography , vol. 31 , no. 7 , pp. 1381-1398 . https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13512 ORCID: /0000-0001-6203-5143/work/115265846 ORCID: /0000-0001-6819-4911/work/115269351 ORCID: /0000-0002-7290-029X/work/115270531 ORCID: /0000-0001-7521-7229/work/115270714 85129294932 4d2579f5-8db2-48ce-a85d-d81ca1b4183b http://hdl.handle.net/10138/345516 000790583100001 |
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