Plant movements and climate warming: Intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils
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Plant movements and climate warming : Intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils. / De Frenne, Pieter; Coomes, David A.; De Schrijver, An; Staelens, Jeroen; Alexander, Jake M. ; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Brunet, Jörg; Chabrerie, Olivier ; Chiarucci, Alessandro ; den Ouden, Jan; Eckstein, R. Lutz; Graae, Bente J.; Gruwez, Robert; Hédl, Radim; Hermy, Martin; Kolb, Annette; Mårell, Anders; Mullender, Samantha M.; Olsen, Siri L.; Orczewska, Anna; Peterken, George; Petrík, Petr; Plue, Jan; Simonson, William D.; Tomescu, Cezar W.; Vangansbeke, Pieter; Verstraeten, Gorik; Vesterdal, Lars; Wulf, Monika; Verheyen, Kris.
In: New Phytologist (Online), Vol. 202, No. 2, 2014, p. 431-441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Plant movements and climate warming
T2 - Intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils
AU - De Frenne, Pieter
AU - Coomes, David A.
AU - De Schrijver, An
AU - Staelens, Jeroen
AU - Alexander, Jake M.
AU - Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus
AU - Brunet, Jörg
AU - Chabrerie, Olivier
AU - Chiarucci, Alessandro
AU - den Ouden, Jan
AU - Eckstein, R. Lutz
AU - Graae, Bente J.
AU - Gruwez, Robert
AU - Hédl, Radim
AU - Hermy, Martin
AU - Kolb, Annette
AU - Mårell, Anders
AU - Mullender, Samantha M.
AU - Olsen, Siri L.
AU - Orczewska, Anna
AU - Peterken, George
AU - Petrík, Petr
AU - Plue, Jan
AU - Simonson, William D.
AU - Tomescu, Cezar W.
AU - Vangansbeke, Pieter
AU - Verstraeten, Gorik
AU - Vesterdal, Lars
AU - Wulf, Monika
AU - Verheyen, Kris
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - •Most range shift predictions focus on the dispersal phase of the colonization process. Because moving populations experience increasingly dissimilar nonclimatic environmental conditions as they track climate warming, it is also critical to test how individuals originating from contrasting thermal environments can establish in nonlocal sites.•We assess the intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils by planting a widespread grass of deciduous forests (Milium effusum) into an experimental common garden using combinations of seeds and soil sampled in 22 sites across its distributional range, and reflecting movement scenarios of up to 1600 km. Furthermore, to determine temperature and forest-structural effects, the plants and soils were experimentally warmed and shaded.•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.
AB - •Most range shift predictions focus on the dispersal phase of the colonization process. Because moving populations experience increasingly dissimilar nonclimatic environmental conditions as they track climate warming, it is also critical to test how individuals originating from contrasting thermal environments can establish in nonlocal sites.•We assess the intraspecific variation in growth responses to nonlocal soils by planting a widespread grass of deciduous forests (Milium effusum) into an experimental common garden using combinations of seeds and soil sampled in 22 sites across its distributional range, and reflecting movement scenarios of up to 1600 km. Furthermore, to determine temperature and forest-structural effects, the plants and soils were experimentally warmed and shaded.•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.
KW - Faculty of Science
U2 - 10.1111/nph.12672
DO - 10.1111/nph.12672
M3 - Journal article
VL - 202
SP - 431
EP - 441
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 2
ER -
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