Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants.
1. Vascular plant growth forms in northern peatlands differ in their strategies to cope with the harsh climate, low nutrient availability and progressively increasing height of the Sphagnum carpet in which they grow. Climate change may therefore affect growth forms differentially, both directly and...
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ftvuamstcris:oai:research.vu.nl:publications/fd2020cb-e6bf-49bc-b9b5-817b14dbc009 2024-09-15T17:59:52+00:00 Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. Dorrepaal, E. Aerts, R. Cornelissen, J.H.C. van Logtestijn, R.S.P Callaghan, T.V. 2006 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/fd2020cb-e6bf-49bc-b9b5-817b14dbc009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01076.x eng eng https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/fd2020cb-e6bf-49bc-b9b5-817b14dbc009 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Dorrepaal , E , Aerts , R , Cornelissen , J H C , van Logtestijn , R S P & Callaghan , T V 2006 , ' Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. ' , Functional Ecology , vol. 20 , pp. 31-41 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01076.x /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action article 2006 ftvuamstcris https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01076.x 2024-08-15T00:09:54Z 1. Vascular plant growth forms in northern peatlands differ in their strategies to cope with the harsh climate, low nutrient availability and progressively increasing height of the Sphagnum carpet in which they grow. Climate change may therefore affect growth forms differentially, both directly and through changes in the length growth of Sphagnum mosses. However, the role of mosses as modifiers of climate-change effects on vascular plants has been largely overlooked so far. We investigated the direct and Sphagnum-mediated effects of experimental changes in summer, winter and spring climate on four species of contrasting growth forms (evergreen and deciduous shrubs, graminoid, forb) in a subarctic bog, by studying their biomass and nitrogen losses through leaf litter, and the length growth of the two shrubs. 2. Direct and indirect effects of summer warming differed among the growth forms. Enhanced Sphagnum overgrowth of leaves due to summer warming initially stimulated leaf litter losses of the evergreen shrub Empetrum nigrum. However, changes in its shoot morphology, related to an apparent small increase in its length growth, prevented further effects. A stronger increase in stem growth of the deciduous shrub Betula nana in response to summer warming directly reduced its leaf litter mass, N concentration and N losses. The changed allocation prevented indirect, Sphagnum-mediated effects on its leaf and N dynamics through overgrowth of buds. In contrast, leaf litter mass, N concentrations or N losses of the forb Rubus chamaemorus and the graminoid Calamagrostis lapponica were not affected by summer warming or enhanced Sphagnum growth. 3. Increases in winter snow cover, with or without spring warming, did not affect shrub growth, nor the total shoot leaf litter mass or N dynamics of any of the growth forms. 4. Altogether, summer warming is likely to enhance Sphagnum overgrowth of small shrubs with a limited growth response such as Empetrum. Moreover, increased vertical growth may allow Sphagnum to keep pace with ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Betula nana Empetrum nigrum Rubus chamaemorus Subarctic Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU): Research Portal Functional Ecology 20 1 31 41 |
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1. Vascular plant growth forms in northern peatlands differ in their strategies to cope with the harsh climate, low nutrient availability and progressively increasing height of the Sphagnum carpet in which they grow. Climate change may therefore affect growth forms differentially, both directly and through changes in the length growth of Sphagnum mosses. However, the role of mosses as modifiers of climate-change effects on vascular plants has been largely overlooked so far. We investigated the direct and Sphagnum-mediated effects of experimental changes in summer, winter and spring climate on four species of contrasting growth forms (evergreen and deciduous shrubs, graminoid, forb) in a subarctic bog, by studying their biomass and nitrogen losses through leaf litter, and the length growth of the two shrubs. 2. Direct and indirect effects of summer warming differed among the growth forms. Enhanced Sphagnum overgrowth of leaves due to summer warming initially stimulated leaf litter losses of the evergreen shrub Empetrum nigrum. However, changes in its shoot morphology, related to an apparent small increase in its length growth, prevented further effects. A stronger increase in stem growth of the deciduous shrub Betula nana in response to summer warming directly reduced its leaf litter mass, N concentration and N losses. The changed allocation prevented indirect, Sphagnum-mediated effects on its leaf and N dynamics through overgrowth of buds. In contrast, leaf litter mass, N concentrations or N losses of the forb Rubus chamaemorus and the graminoid Calamagrostis lapponica were not affected by summer warming or enhanced Sphagnum growth. 3. Increases in winter snow cover, with or without spring warming, did not affect shrub growth, nor the total shoot leaf litter mass or N dynamics of any of the growth forms. 4. Altogether, summer warming is likely to enhance Sphagnum overgrowth of small shrubs with a limited growth response such as Empetrum. Moreover, increased vertical growth may allow Sphagnum to keep pace with ... |
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Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. |
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Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. |
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Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. |
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sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants. |
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