Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time
The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate. While changes in plant community composition and phenology have been extensively reported, the effects of climate change on reproduction remain poorly understood. We quantified multidecadal changes in flower density for nine tundra plant species at a low- a...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/564335 2024-01-07T09:40:47+01:00 Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine Antão, Laura H. Schmidt, Niels Martin Blanchet, F. Guillaume Kaarlejärvi, Elina Raundrup, Katrine Roslin, Tomas Department of Agricultural Sciences Research Centre for Ecological Change Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group 2023-08-24T14:52:01Z 12 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564335 eng eng Springer 10.1007/s00300-023-03164-2 Open Access funding provided by University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital. The ongoing monitoring within Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring is provided by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and the Danish Energy Agency. Funding from the Academy of Finland (VEGA, Grant 322266—A.B.S. and T.R.; Grant 340280—L.H.A.), the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation (E.K., L.H.A., T.R.) and the Finnish Cultural Foundation (E.K.) is gratefully acknowledged. T.R. was funded by the European Research Council Synergy (LIFEPLAN, Grant 856506) and a Career Support grant from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. G.F.B. was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Becker-Scarpitta , A , Antão , L H , Schmidt , N M , Blanchet , F G , Kaarlejärvi , E , Raundrup , K & Roslin , T 2023 , ' Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time ' , Polar Biology , vol. 46 , pp. 837-848 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03164-2 ORCID: /0000-0001-6612-9366/work/141186449 ORCID: /0000-0002-2957-4791/work/141186747 ORCID: /0000-0001-9241-091X/work/141187027 ORCID: /0000-0003-0014-0073/work/141187124 85164480759 f08e49e1-a4e3-47b9-9a39-d0e87fae9aaf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564335 001024121900001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess (A)Synchrony Arctic tundra Climatic drivers Flowering Reproductive effort Snowmelt Temperature Time series 1172 Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:09:22Z The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate. While changes in plant community composition and phenology have been extensively reported, the effects of climate change on reproduction remain poorly understood. We quantified multidecadal changes in flower density for nine tundra plant species at a low- and a high-Arctic site in Greenland. We found substantial changes in flower density over time, but the temporal trends and drivers of flower density differed both between species and sites. Total flower density increased over time at the low-Arctic site, whereas the high-Arctic site showed no directional change. Within and between sites, the direction and rate of change differed among species, with varying effects of summer temperature, the temperature of the previous autumn and the timing of snowmelt. Finally, all species showed a strong trade-off in flower densities between successive years, suggesting an effective cost of reproduction. Overall, our results reveal region- and taxon-specific variation in the sensitivity and responses of co-occurring species to shared climatic drivers, and a clear cost of reproductive investment among Arctic plants. The ultimate effects of further changes in climate may thus be decoupled between species and across space, with critical knock-on effects on plant species dynamics, food web structure and overall ecosystem functioning. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Greenland Polar Biology Tundra HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic Greenland Polar Biology 46 9 837 848 |
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(A)Synchrony Arctic tundra Climatic drivers Flowering Reproductive effort Snowmelt Temperature Time series 1172 Environmental sciences Becker-Scarpitta, Antoine Antão, Laura H. Schmidt, Niels Martin Blanchet, F. Guillaume Kaarlejärvi, Elina Raundrup, Katrine Roslin, Tomas Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time |
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The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate. While changes in plant community composition and phenology have been extensively reported, the effects of climate change on reproduction remain poorly understood. We quantified multidecadal changes in flower density for nine tundra plant species at a low- and a high-Arctic site in Greenland. We found substantial changes in flower density over time, but the temporal trends and drivers of flower density differed both between species and sites. Total flower density increased over time at the low-Arctic site, whereas the high-Arctic site showed no directional change. Within and between sites, the direction and rate of change differed among species, with varying effects of summer temperature, the temperature of the previous autumn and the timing of snowmelt. Finally, all species showed a strong trade-off in flower densities between successive years, suggesting an effective cost of reproduction. Overall, our results reveal region- and taxon-specific variation in the sensitivity and responses of co-occurring species to shared climatic drivers, and a clear cost of reproductive investment among Arctic plants. The ultimate effects of further changes in climate may thus be decoupled between species and across space, with critical knock-on effects on plant species dynamics, food web structure and overall ecosystem functioning. Peer reviewed |
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Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time |
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Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time |
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Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time |
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10.1007/s00300-023-03164-2 Open Access funding provided by University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital. The ongoing monitoring within Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring is provided by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and the Danish Energy Agency. Funding from the Academy of Finland (VEGA, Grant 322266—A.B.S. and T.R.; Grant 340280—L.H.A.), the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation (E.K., L.H.A., T.R.) and the Finnish Cultural Foundation (E.K.) is gratefully acknowledged. T.R. was funded by the European Research Council Synergy (LIFEPLAN, Grant 856506) and a Career Support grant from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. G.F.B. was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Becker-Scarpitta , A , Antão , L H , Schmidt , N M , Blanchet , F G , Kaarlejärvi , E , Raundrup , K & Roslin , T 2023 , ' Diverging trends and drivers of Arctic flower production in Greenland over space and time ' , Polar Biology , vol. 46 , pp. 837-848 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03164-2 ORCID: /0000-0001-6612-9366/work/141186449 ORCID: /0000-0002-2957-4791/work/141186747 ORCID: /0000-0001-9241-091X/work/141187027 ORCID: /0000-0003-0014-0073/work/141187124 85164480759 f08e49e1-a4e3-47b9-9a39-d0e87fae9aaf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/564335 001024121900001 |
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