Experimental approaches to predicting the future of tundra plant communities
(a) Background: Predicting the future of tundra plant communities is a major intellectual and practical challenge and it can only be successful if underpinned by an understanding of the evolutionary history and genetics of tundra plant species, their ecophysiology, and their responsiveness (both ind...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/865 2023-05-15T14:59:54+02:00 Experimental approaches to predicting the future of tundra plant communities Wookey, Philip Biological and Environmental Sciences orcid:0000-0001-5957-6424 2008-11 application/octet-stream application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/865 https://doi.org/10.1080/17550870802338354 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/3/Wookey%20%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.ppt http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/2/Wookey-%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/1/WookeyMS%28v2%29revisedB.pdf en eng Taylor and Francis Wookey P (2008) Experimental approaches to predicting the future of tundra plant communities. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 1 (2), pp. 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550870802338354 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/865 doi:10.1080/17550870802338354 WOS:000262132600016 2-s2.0-85010607033 833391 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/3/Wookey%20%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.ppt http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/2/Wookey-%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/1/WookeyMS%28v2%29revisedB.pdf Published in Plant Ecology & Diversity by Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Plant Ecology & Diversity, Volume 1, Issue 2 November 2008 , pages 299 - 307. Plant Ecology & Diversity is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1755-0874&volume=1&issue=2&spage=299. 2009-12-31 [Wookey (BSS_StAndrews)Figs.ppt] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. [Wookey-(BSS_StAndrews)Figs.pdf] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. [WookeyMS(v2)revisedB.pdf] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. Arctic Climate Environmental change Experiment Tundra Tundra ecology Arctic regions Polar regions Climate Journal Article AM - Accepted Manuscript 2008 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1080/17550870802338354 2022-06-13T18:43:37Z (a) Background: Predicting the future of tundra plant communities is a major intellectual and practical challenge and it can only be successful if underpinned by an understanding of the evolutionary history and genetics of tundra plant species, their ecophysiology, and their responsiveness (both individually and as component parts of communities) to multiple environmental change drivers. (b) Aims: This paper considers the types of experimental approaches that have been used to understand and to predict the future of tundra plant communities and ecosystems. In particular, the use of ‘environmental manipulation’ experiments in the field is described, and the merits and limitations of this type of approach are considered with specific reference to the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) as an example to indicate the key principles. The approach is compared with palaeoenvironmental investigations (using archives – or proxies – of past change) and the study of environmental gradients (so-called ‘space-for-time substitution’) to understand potential future change. (c) Conclusions: Environmental manipulation experiments have limitations associated with, for example, short timescales, treatment artefacts, and trade-offs between technical sophistication and breadth of deployment in heterogeneous landscapes/regions. They do, however, provide valuable information on seasonal through decadal phenological, growth, reproductive, and ecosystem responses which have a direct bearing on ecosystem-atmosphere coupling, species interactions and, potentially, trophic cascades. Designed appropriately, they enable researchers to test specific hypotheses and to record the dynamics of ecosystem responses to change directly, thus providing a robust complement to palaeoenvironmental investigations, gradient studies and ecosystem modelling. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Arctic Plant Ecology & Diversity 1 2 299 307 |
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(a) Background: Predicting the future of tundra plant communities is a major intellectual and practical challenge and it can only be successful if underpinned by an understanding of the evolutionary history and genetics of tundra plant species, their ecophysiology, and their responsiveness (both individually and as component parts of communities) to multiple environmental change drivers. (b) Aims: This paper considers the types of experimental approaches that have been used to understand and to predict the future of tundra plant communities and ecosystems. In particular, the use of ‘environmental manipulation’ experiments in the field is described, and the merits and limitations of this type of approach are considered with specific reference to the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) as an example to indicate the key principles. The approach is compared with palaeoenvironmental investigations (using archives – or proxies – of past change) and the study of environmental gradients (so-called ‘space-for-time substitution’) to understand potential future change. (c) Conclusions: Environmental manipulation experiments have limitations associated with, for example, short timescales, treatment artefacts, and trade-offs between technical sophistication and breadth of deployment in heterogeneous landscapes/regions. They do, however, provide valuable information on seasonal through decadal phenological, growth, reproductive, and ecosystem responses which have a direct bearing on ecosystem-atmosphere coupling, species interactions and, potentially, trophic cascades. Designed appropriately, they enable researchers to test specific hypotheses and to record the dynamics of ecosystem responses to change directly, thus providing a robust complement to palaeoenvironmental investigations, gradient studies and ecosystem modelling. |
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Wookey P (2008) Experimental approaches to predicting the future of tundra plant communities. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 1 (2), pp. 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550870802338354 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/865 doi:10.1080/17550870802338354 WOS:000262132600016 2-s2.0-85010607033 833391 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/3/Wookey%20%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.ppt http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/2/Wookey-%28BSS_StAndrews%29Figs.pdf http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/865/1/WookeyMS%28v2%29revisedB.pdf |
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Published in Plant Ecology & Diversity by Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Plant Ecology & Diversity, Volume 1, Issue 2 November 2008 , pages 299 - 307. Plant Ecology & Diversity is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1755-0874&volume=1&issue=2&spage=299. 2009-12-31 [Wookey (BSS_StAndrews)Figs.ppt] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. [Wookey-(BSS_StAndrews)Figs.pdf] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. [WookeyMS(v2)revisedB.pdf] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo. |
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