Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems

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Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems. / Kroël-Dulay, György; Ransijn, Johannes; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Beier, Claus; De Angelis, Paolo; De Dato, Giovanbattista; Dukes, Jeffrey S.; Emmett, Bridget; Estiarte, Marc; Garadnai, János; Kongstad, Jane ; Kovács-Láng, Edit; Larsen, Klaus Steenberg; Liberati, Dario; Ogaya, Romà; Riis-Nielsen, Torben; Smith, Andrew R.; Sowerby, Alwyn; Tietema, Albert; Penuelas, Josep.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 6682, 2015.

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Kroël-Dulay, G, Ransijn, J, Schmidt, IK, Beier, C, De Angelis, P, De Dato, G, Dukes, JS, Emmett, B, Estiarte, M, Garadnai, J, Kongstad, J, Kovács-Láng, E, Larsen, KS, Liberati, D, Ogaya, R, Riis-Nielsen, T, Smith, AR, Sowerby, A, Tietema, A & Penuelas, J 2015, 'Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems', Nature Communications, vol. 6, 6682. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7682

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Kroël-Dulay, G., Ransijn, J., Schmidt, I. K., Beier, C., De Angelis, P., De Dato, G., Dukes, J. S., Emmett, B., Estiarte, M., Garadnai, J., Kongstad, J., Kovács-Láng, E., Larsen, K. S., Liberati, D., Ogaya, R., Riis-Nielsen, T., Smith, A. R., Sowerby, A., Tietema, A., & Penuelas, J. (2015). Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems. Nature Communications, 6, [6682]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7682

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Kroël-Dulay G, Ransijn J, Schmidt IK, Beier C, De Angelis P, De Dato G et al. Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems. Nature Communications. 2015;6. 6682. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7682

Author

Kroël-Dulay, György ; Ransijn, Johannes ; Schmidt, Inger Kappel ; Beier, Claus ; De Angelis, Paolo ; De Dato, Giovanbattista ; Dukes, Jeffrey S. ; Emmett, Bridget ; Estiarte, Marc ; Garadnai, János ; Kongstad, Jane ; Kovács-Láng, Edit ; Larsen, Klaus Steenberg ; Liberati, Dario ; Ogaya, Romà ; Riis-Nielsen, Torben ; Smith, Andrew R. ; Sowerby, Alwyn ; Tietema, Albert ; Penuelas, Josep. / Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems. In: Nature Communications. 2015 ; Vol. 6.

Bibtex

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title = "Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems",
abstract = "Human domination of the biosphere includes changes to disturbance regimes, which push many ecosystems towards early-successional states. Ecological theory predicts that early-successional ecosystems are more sensitive to perturbations than mature systems, but little evidence supports this relationship for the perturbation of climate change. Here we show that vegetation (abundance, species richness and species composition) across seven European shrublands is quite resistant to moderate experimental warming and drought, and responsiveness is associated with the dynamic state of the ecosystem, with recently disturbed sites responding to treatments. Furthermore, most of these responses are not rapid (2-5 years) but emerge over a longer term (7-14 years). These results suggest that successional state influences the sensitivity of ecosystems to climate change, and that ecosystems recovering from disturbances may be sensitive to even modest climatic changes. A research bias towards undisturbed ecosystems might thus lead to an underestimation of the impacts of climate change.",
author = "Gy{\"o}rgy Kro{\"e}l-Dulay and Johannes Ransijn and Schmidt, {Inger Kappel} and Claus Beier and {De Angelis}, Paolo and {De Dato}, Giovanbattista and Dukes, {Jeffrey S.} and Bridget Emmett and Marc Estiarte and J{\'a}nos Garadnai and Jane Kongstad and Edit Kov{\'a}cs-L{\'a}ng and Larsen, {Klaus Steenberg} and Dario Liberati and Rom{\`a} Ogaya and Torben Riis-Nielsen and Smith, {Andrew R.} and Alwyn Sowerby and Albert Tietema and Josep Penuelas",
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AU - Kroël-Dulay, György

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AU - Schmidt, Inger Kappel

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AU - De Angelis, Paolo

AU - De Dato, Giovanbattista

AU - Dukes, Jeffrey S.

AU - Emmett, Bridget

AU - Estiarte, Marc

AU - Garadnai, János

AU - Kongstad, Jane

AU - Kovács-Láng, Edit

AU - Larsen, Klaus Steenberg

AU - Liberati, Dario

AU - Ogaya, Romà

AU - Riis-Nielsen, Torben

AU - Smith, Andrew R.

AU - Sowerby, Alwyn

AU - Tietema, Albert

AU - Penuelas, Josep

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AB - Human domination of the biosphere includes changes to disturbance regimes, which push many ecosystems towards early-successional states. Ecological theory predicts that early-successional ecosystems are more sensitive to perturbations than mature systems, but little evidence supports this relationship for the perturbation of climate change. Here we show that vegetation (abundance, species richness and species composition) across seven European shrublands is quite resistant to moderate experimental warming and drought, and responsiveness is associated with the dynamic state of the ecosystem, with recently disturbed sites responding to treatments. Furthermore, most of these responses are not rapid (2-5 years) but emerge over a longer term (7-14 years). These results suggest that successional state influences the sensitivity of ecosystems to climate change, and that ecosystems recovering from disturbances may be sensitive to even modest climatic changes. A research bias towards undisturbed ecosystems might thus lead to an underestimation of the impacts of climate change.

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