High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity
Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 The duration of specific periods within a plant’s life cycle are critical for plant growth and performance. In the High Arctic, the start of many of these phenological periods is determined by snowmelt date, which may chan...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/10430 2023-05-15T14:26:10+02:00 High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity Semenchuk, Philipp Gillespie, Mark Rumpf, Sabine Bettina Baggesen, Nanna Schrøder Cooper, Elisabeth J. 2016-11-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10430 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 eng eng IOP Publishing Environmental Research Letters Semenchuk P, Gillespie M, Rumpf SB, Baggesen NS, Elberling B, Cooper E.J. High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity. Environmental Research Letters. 2016;11(12) FRIDAID 1435117 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 1748-9326 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10430 openAccess Spitsbergen Svalbard phenology phenophase phenoperiod growing-season length flowering VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2016 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 2021-06-25T17:55:03Z Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 The duration of specific periods within a plant’s life cycle are critical for plant growth and performance. In the High Arctic, the start of many of these phenological periods is determined by snowmelt date, which may change in a changing climate. It has been suggested that the end of these periods during late-season are triggered by external cues, such as day length, light quality or temperature, leading to the hypothesis that earlier or later snowmelt dates will lengthen or shorten the duration of these periods, respectively, and thereby affect plant performance.Wetested whether snowmelt date controls phenology and phenological period duration in High Arctic Svalbard using a melt timing gradient from natural and experimentally altered snow depths.Weinvestigated the response of early- and late-season phenophases from both vegetative and reproductive phenological periods of eight common species.Wefound that all phenophases follow snowmelt patterns, irrespective of timing of occurrence, vegetative or reproductive nature. Three of four phenological period durations based on these phenophases were fixed for most species, defining the studied species as periodic. Periodicity can thus be considered an evolutionary trait leading to disadvantages compared with aperiodic species and we conclude that the mesic and heath vegetation types in Svalbard are at risk of being outcompeted by invading, aperiodic species from milder biomes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Svalbard Environmental Research Letters 11 12 125006 |
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Spitsbergen Svalbard phenology phenophase phenoperiod growing-season length flowering VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 |
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Spitsbergen Svalbard phenology phenophase phenoperiod growing-season length flowering VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 Semenchuk, Philipp Gillespie, Mark Rumpf, Sabine Bettina Baggesen, Nanna Schrøder Cooper, Elisabeth J. High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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Published version. Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125006 The duration of specific periods within a plant’s life cycle are critical for plant growth and performance. In the High Arctic, the start of many of these phenological periods is determined by snowmelt date, which may change in a changing climate. It has been suggested that the end of these periods during late-season are triggered by external cues, such as day length, light quality or temperature, leading to the hypothesis that earlier or later snowmelt dates will lengthen or shorten the duration of these periods, respectively, and thereby affect plant performance.Wetested whether snowmelt date controls phenology and phenological period duration in High Arctic Svalbard using a melt timing gradient from natural and experimentally altered snow depths.Weinvestigated the response of early- and late-season phenophases from both vegetative and reproductive phenological periods of eight common species.Wefound that all phenophases follow snowmelt patterns, irrespective of timing of occurrence, vegetative or reproductive nature. Three of four phenological period durations based on these phenophases were fixed for most species, defining the studied species as periodic. Periodicity can thus be considered an evolutionary trait leading to disadvantages compared with aperiodic species and we conclude that the mesic and heath vegetation types in Svalbard are at risk of being outcompeted by invading, aperiodic species from milder biomes. |
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High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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high arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity |
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