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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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:167344 2024-10-13T14:11:10+00:00 Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome Bjorkman, Anne D Myers-Smith, Isla H Elmendorf, Sarah C Normand, Signe Karger, Dirk N Prevéy, Janet S Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Wipf, Sonja Frei, Esther R 2018-10-01 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/167344/ eng eng Nature Publishing Group https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/167344/1/s41586-018-0563-7.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-167344 doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 urn:issn:0028-0836 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bjorkman, Anne D; Myers-Smith, Isla H; Elmendorf, Sarah C; Normand, Signe; et al; Karger, Dirk N; Prevéy, Janet S; Rixen, Christian; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Wipf, Sonja; Frei, Esther R (2018). Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562(7725):57-62. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Global Change and Biodiversity 570 Life sciences biology 590 Animals (Zoology) Multidisciplinary Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-16734410.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 2024-09-25T00:59:11Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Global Change and Biodiversity 570 Life sciences biology 590 Animals (Zoology) Multidisciplinary Bjorkman, Anne D Myers-Smith, Isla H Elmendorf, Sarah C Normand, Signe Karger, Dirk N Prevéy, Janet S Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Wipf, Sonja Frei, Esther R Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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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. |
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Bjorkman, Anne D Myers-Smith, Isla H Elmendorf, Sarah C Normand, Signe Karger, Dirk N Prevéy, Janet S Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Wipf, Sonja Frei, Esther R |
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Bjorkman, Anne D Myers-Smith, Isla H Elmendorf, Sarah C Normand, Signe Karger, Dirk N Prevéy, Janet S Rixen, Christian Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela Wipf, Sonja Frei, Esther R |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome |
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Bjorkman, Anne D; Myers-Smith, Isla H; Elmendorf, Sarah C; Normand, Signe; et al; Karger, Dirk N; Prevéy, Janet S; Rixen, Christian; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Wipf, Sonja; Frei, Esther R (2018). Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562(7725):57-62. |
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