A Range-Expanding Shrub Species Alters Plant Phenological Response to Experimental Warming.

ABSTRACT: Shifts in plant species phenology (the timing of life-history events such as flowering) have been observed worldwide in concert with rising global temperatures. While most species display earlier phenology with warming, there is large variation among, and even within, species in phenological sensitivity to rising temperatures. Other indirect effects of climate change, such as shifting species composition and altered species interactions, may also be contributing to shifting plant phenology. Here, we describe how experimental warming and the presence of a range-expanding species, sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii), interact to influence the flowering phenology (day of first and peak flowering) and production (number of flowers) of an alpine cushion plant, Trifolium andersonii, in California's

SUBMITTER: Kopp CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4581864 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature