Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

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Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. / Myers-Smith, Isla H; Elmendorf, Sarah C; Beck, Pieter S.A.; Wilmking, Martin; Hallinger, Martin; Blok, Daan; Tape, Ken D.; Rayback, Shelly A.; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Forbes, Bruce C.; Speed, James; Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie; Rixen, Christian; Lévesque, Esther; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Baittinger, Claudia; Trant, Andrew; Hermanutz, Luise; Collier, Laura Siegwart; Dawes, Melissa; Lantz, Trevor; Weijers, Stef; Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan; Buchwal, Agata; Buras, Allan; Naito, Adam; Ravolainen, Virve; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Wheeler, Julia; Wipf, Sonja; Guay, Kevin; Hik, David S.; Vellend, Mark.

In: Nature Climate Change, Vol. 5, 2015, p. 887-891.

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Harvard

Myers-Smith, IH, Elmendorf, SC, Beck, PSA, Wilmking, M, Hallinger, M, Blok, D, Tape, KD, Rayback, SA, Macias-Fauria, M, Forbes, BC, Speed, J, Boulanger-Lapointe, N, Rixen, C, Lévesque, E, Schmidt, NM, Baittinger, C, Trant, A, Hermanutz, L, Collier, LS, Dawes, M, Lantz, T, Weijers, S, Jørgensen, RH, Buchwal, A, Buras, A, Naito, A, Ravolainen, V, Schaepman-Strub, G, Wheeler, J, Wipf, S, Guay, K, Hik, DS & Vellend, M 2015, 'Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome', Nature Climate Change, vol. 5, pp. 887-891. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2697

APA

Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Beck, P. S. A., Wilmking, M., Hallinger, M., Blok, D., Tape, K. D., Rayback, S. A., Macias-Fauria, M., Forbes, B. C., Speed, J., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Rixen, C., Lévesque, E., Schmidt, N. M., Baittinger, C., Trant, A., Hermanutz, L., Collier, L. S., ... Vellend, M. (2015). Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change, 5, 887-891. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2697

Vancouver

Myers-Smith IH, Elmendorf SC, Beck PSA, Wilmking M, Hallinger M, Blok D et al. Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change. 2015;5:887-891. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2697

Author

Myers-Smith, Isla H ; Elmendorf, Sarah C ; Beck, Pieter S.A. ; Wilmking, Martin ; Hallinger, Martin ; Blok, Daan ; Tape, Ken D. ; Rayback, Shelly A. ; Macias-Fauria, Marc ; Forbes, Bruce C. ; Speed, James ; Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie ; Rixen, Christian ; Lévesque, Esther ; Schmidt, Niels Martin ; Baittinger, Claudia ; Trant, Andrew ; Hermanutz, Luise ; Collier, Laura Siegwart ; Dawes, Melissa ; Lantz, Trevor ; Weijers, Stef ; Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan ; Buchwal, Agata ; Buras, Allan ; Naito, Adam ; Ravolainen, Virve ; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela ; Wheeler, Julia ; Wipf, Sonja ; Guay, Kevin ; Hik, David S. ; Vellend, Mark. / Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. In: Nature Climate Change. 2015 ; Vol. 5. pp. 887-891.

Bibtex

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title = "Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome",
abstract = "Rapid climate warming in the tundra biome has been linkedto increasing shrub dominance1–4. Shrub expansion can modifyclimate by altering surface albedo, energy and water balance,and permafrost2,5–8, yet the drivers of shrub growthremain poorly understood. Dendroecological data consistingof multi-decadal time series of annual shrub growth providean underused resource to explore climate–growth relationships.Here, we analyse circumpolar data from 37 Arcticand alpine sites in 9 countries, including 25 species, and42,000 annual growth records from 1,821 individuals. Ouranalyses demonstrate that the sensitivity of shrub growth toclimate was: (1) heterogeneous, with European sites showinggreater summer temperature sensitivity than North Americansites, and (2) higher at sites with greater soil moisture andfor taller shrubs (for example, alders and willows) growingat their northern or upper elevational range edges. Acrosslatitude, climate sensitivity of growth was greatest at theboundary between the Low and High Arctic, where permafrostis thawing4 and most of the global permafrost soil carbon poolis stored9. The observed variation in climate–shrub growthrelationships should be incorporated into Earth system modelsto improve future projections of climate change impacts acrossthe tundra biome.",
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RIS

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AU - Myers-Smith, Isla H

AU - Elmendorf, Sarah C

AU - Beck, Pieter S.A.

AU - Wilmking, Martin

AU - Hallinger, Martin

AU - Blok, Daan

AU - Tape, Ken D.

AU - Rayback, Shelly A.

AU - Macias-Fauria, Marc

AU - Forbes, Bruce C.

AU - Speed, James

AU - Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie

AU - Rixen, Christian

AU - Lévesque, Esther

AU - Schmidt, Niels Martin

AU - Baittinger, Claudia

AU - Trant, Andrew

AU - Hermanutz, Luise

AU - Collier, Laura Siegwart

AU - Dawes, Melissa

AU - Lantz, Trevor

AU - Weijers, Stef

AU - Jørgensen, Rasmus Halfdan

AU - Buchwal, Agata

AU - Buras, Allan

AU - Naito, Adam

AU - Ravolainen, Virve

AU - Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela

AU - Wheeler, Julia

AU - Wipf, Sonja

AU - Guay, Kevin

AU - Hik, David S.

AU - Vellend, Mark

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PY - 2015

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N2 - Rapid climate warming in the tundra biome has been linkedto increasing shrub dominance1–4. Shrub expansion can modifyclimate by altering surface albedo, energy and water balance,and permafrost2,5–8, yet the drivers of shrub growthremain poorly understood. Dendroecological data consistingof multi-decadal time series of annual shrub growth providean underused resource to explore climate–growth relationships.Here, we analyse circumpolar data from 37 Arcticand alpine sites in 9 countries, including 25 species, and42,000 annual growth records from 1,821 individuals. Ouranalyses demonstrate that the sensitivity of shrub growth toclimate was: (1) heterogeneous, with European sites showinggreater summer temperature sensitivity than North Americansites, and (2) higher at sites with greater soil moisture andfor taller shrubs (for example, alders and willows) growingat their northern or upper elevational range edges. Acrosslatitude, climate sensitivity of growth was greatest at theboundary between the Low and High Arctic, where permafrostis thawing4 and most of the global permafrost soil carbon poolis stored9. The observed variation in climate–shrub growthrelationships should be incorporated into Earth system modelsto improve future projections of climate change impacts acrossthe tundra biome.

AB - Rapid climate warming in the tundra biome has been linkedto increasing shrub dominance1–4. Shrub expansion can modifyclimate by altering surface albedo, energy and water balance,and permafrost2,5–8, yet the drivers of shrub growthremain poorly understood. Dendroecological data consistingof multi-decadal time series of annual shrub growth providean underused resource to explore climate–growth relationships.Here, we analyse circumpolar data from 37 Arcticand alpine sites in 9 countries, including 25 species, and42,000 annual growth records from 1,821 individuals. Ouranalyses demonstrate that the sensitivity of shrub growth toclimate was: (1) heterogeneous, with European sites showinggreater summer temperature sensitivity than North Americansites, and (2) higher at sites with greater soil moisture andfor taller shrubs (for example, alders and willows) growingat their northern or upper elevational range edges. Acrosslatitude, climate sensitivity of growth was greatest at theboundary between the Low and High Arctic, where permafrostis thawing4 and most of the global permafrost soil carbon poolis stored9. The observed variation in climate–shrub growthrelationships should be incorporated into Earth system modelsto improve future projections of climate change impacts acrossthe tundra biome.

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DO - 10.1038/nclimate2697

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VL - 5

SP - 887

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JO - Nature Climate Change

JF - Nature Climate Change

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