Plant movements and climate warming: intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils

0430288 - BÚ 2015 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
De Frenne, P. - Coomes, D. A. - De Schrijver, A. - Staelens, J. - Alexander, J. M. - Bernhardt-Römermann, M. - Brunet, J. - Chabrerie, O. - Chiarucci, A. - den Ouden, J. - Eckstein, R. L. - Graae, B. J. - Gruwez, R. - Hédl, Radim - Hermy, M. - Kolb, A. - Marell, A. - Mullender, S. M. - Olsen, S. L. - Orczewska, A. - Peterken, G. - Petřík, Petr - Plue, J. - Simonson, W. D. - Tomescu, C. V. - Vangansbeke, P. - Verstraeten, G. - Vesterdal, L. - Wulf, M. - Verheyen, K.
Plant movements and climate warming: intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils.
New Phytologist. Roč. 202, č. 2 (2014), s. 431-441. ISSN 0028-646X. E-ISSN 1469-8137
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : climate change * intraspecific variability * soil chemism
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 7.672, year: 2014

We found significantly positive effects of the difference between the temperature of the sites of seed and soil collection on growth and seedling emergence rates. Migrant plants might thus encounter increasingly favourable soil conditions while tracking the isotherms towards currently ‘colder’ soils. These effects persisted under experimental warming. Rising temperatures and light availability generally enhanced plant performance. Our results suggest that abiotic and biotic soil characteristics can shape climate change-driven plant movements by affecting growth of nonlocal migrants, a mechanism which should be integrated into predictions of future range shifts.
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