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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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. Additional co-authors: Janneke HilleRisLambers, Robert D Hollister, Dirk N Karger, Jens Kattge, Peter Manning, Janet S Prevéy, Christian Rixen, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Haydn J D Thomas, Mark Vellend, Martin Wilmking, Sonja Wipf, Michele Carbognani, Luise Hermanutz, Esther Lévesque, Ulf Molau, Alessandro Petraglia, Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia, Marko J Spasojevic, Marcello Tomaselli, Tage Vowles, Juha M Alatalo, Heather D Alexander, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Mariska te Beest, Logan Berner, Robert G Björk, Agata Buchwal, Allan Buras, Katherine Christie, Elisabeth J ... |
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/28295 2023-05-15T18:39:56+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 Wookey, Philip Biological and Environmental Sciences orcid:0000-0001-5957-6424 2018-09-26 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28295 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/28295/1/Bjorkman_Manuscript_Final.pdf en eng Nature Publishing Group Bjorkman AD, Myers-Smith IH, Elmendorf SC, Normand S, Rüger N, Beck PSA, Blach-Overgaard A, Blok D, Cornelissen JC, Forbes BC, Georges D, Goetz SJ, Guay KC, Henry GHR & Wookey P (2018) Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562, pp. 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28295 doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 1028338 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/28295/1/Bjorkman_Manuscript_Final.pdf This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. Accepted for publication in Nature published by SpringerNature. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 [Bjorkman_Manuscript_Final.pdf] Publisher requires embargo of 6 months after formal publication. Journal Article AM - Accepted Manuscript 2018 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 2022-06-13T18:46:01Z 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. Additional co-authors: Janneke HilleRisLambers, Robert D Hollister, Dirk N Karger, Jens Kattge, Peter Manning, Janet S Prevéy, Christian Rixen, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Haydn J D Thomas, Mark Vellend, Martin Wilmking, Sonja Wipf, Michele Carbognani, Luise Hermanutz, Esther Lévesque, Ulf Molau, Alessandro Petraglia, Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia, Marko J Spasojevic, Marcello Tomaselli, Tage Vowles, Juha M Alatalo, Heather D Alexander, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Sandra Angers-Blondin, Mariska te Beest, Logan Berner, Robert G Björk, Agata Buchwal, Allan Buras, Katherine Christie, Elisabeth J ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Agata ENVELOPE(93.491,93.491,66.926,66.926) Alatalo ENVELOPE(25.487,25.487,66.642,66.642) Anadon ENVELOPE(-77.000,-77.000,-68.200,-68.200) Esther ENVELOPE(-57.700,-57.700,-61.917,-61.917) Marko ENVELOPE(-60.750,-60.750,-62.467,-62.467) Nature 562 7725 57 62 |