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Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities.
Prevéy, Janet S; Rixen, Christian; Rüger, Nadja; Høye, Toke T; Bjorkman, Anne D; Myers-Smith, Isla H; Elmendorf, Sarah C; Ashton, Isabel W; Cannone, Nicoletta; Chisholm, Chelsea L; Clark, Karin; Cooper, Elisabeth J; Elberling, Bo; Fosaa, Anna Maria; Henry, Greg H R; Hollister, Robert D; Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala; Klanderud, Kari; Kopp, Christopher W; Lévesque, Esther; Mauritz, Marguerite; Molau, Ulf; Natali, Susan M; Oberbauer, Steven F; Panchen, Zoe A; Post, Eric; Rumpf, Sabine B; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Schuur, Edward; Semenchuk, Philipp R; Smith, Jane G; Suding, Katharine N; Totland, Ørjan; Troxler, Tiffany; Venn, Susanna; Wahren, Carl-Henrik; Welker, Jeffrey M; Wipf, Sonja.
Affiliation
  • Prevéy JS; Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Olympia, WA, USA. jprevey@fs.fed.us.
  • Rixen C; WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland. jprevey@fs.fed.us.
  • Rüger N; WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland.
  • Høye TT; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Bjorkman AD; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama.
  • Myers-Smith IH; Department of Bioscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Elmendorf SC; Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Ashton IW; Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Cannone N; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Chisholm CL; Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
  • Clark K; Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network, National Park Service, Rapid City, SD, USA.
  • Cooper EJ; Department of Science and High Technology, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italy.
  • Elberling B; WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland.
  • Fosaa AM; Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Henry GHR; Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
  • Hollister RD; Institute for Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Jónsdóttir IS; Center for Permafrost, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Klanderud K; Faroese Museum of Natural History, Hoyvík, Faroe Islands.
  • Kopp CW; Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Lévesque E; Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA.
  • Mauritz M; Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  • Molau U; University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway.
  • Natali SM; Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
  • Oberbauer SF; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Panchen ZA; Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada.
  • Post E; Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
  • Rumpf SB; Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Schmidt NM; Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, USA.
  • Schuur E; Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Semenchuk PR; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Smith JG; Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Suding KN; Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Totland Ø; Department of Bioscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Troxler T; Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
  • Venn S; Institute for Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Wahren CH; Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Welker JM; Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
  • Wipf S; Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Nat Ecol Evol ; 3(1): 45-52, 2019 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30532048
ABSTRACT
Advancing phenology is one of the most visible effects of climate change on plant communities, and has been especially pronounced in temperature-limited tundra ecosystems. However, phenological responses have been shown to differ greatly between species, with some species shifting phenology more than others. We analysed a database of 42,689 tundra plant phenological observations to show that warmer temperatures are leading to a contraction of community-level flowering seasons in tundra ecosystems due to a greater advancement in the flowering times of late-flowering species than early-flowering species. Shorter flowering seasons with a changing climate have the potential to alter trophic interactions in tundra ecosystems. Interestingly, these findings differ from those of warmer ecosystems, where early-flowering species have been found to be more sensitive to temperature change, suggesting that community-level phenological responses to warming can vary greatly between biomes.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seasons / Temperature / Climate Change / Flowers Language: En Journal: Nat Ecol Evol Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Estados Unidos
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seasons / Temperature / Climate Change / Flowers Language: En Journal: Nat Ecol Evol Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Estados Unidos