Demographic consequences of phenological shifts in response to climate change

AM Iler, PJ CaraDonna, JRK Forrest… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
When a phenological shift affects a demographic vital rate such as survival or reproduction,
the altered vital rate may or may not have population-level consequences. We review the …

Increased precipitation leads to earlier green-up and later senescence in Tibetan alpine grassland regardless of warming

P Ma, J Zhao, H Zhang, L Zhang, T Luo - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
It is debatable whether warming or increased precipitation primarily drives the changes of
spring and autumn phenology in alpine grasslands at high elevations like the Tibetan …

Warming and precipitation addition interact to affect plant spring phenology in alpine meadows on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

H Ganjurjav, ES Gornish, G Hu, MW Schwartz… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Temperature and precipitation are primary regulators of plant phenology. However, our
knowledge of how these factors might interact to affect plant phenology is incomplete. The …

Climate warming interacts with other global change drivers to influence plant phenology: A meta‐analysis of experimental studies

H Zhou, X Min, J Chen, C Lu, Y Huang… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shifts in plant phenology influence ecosystem structures and functions, yet how multiple
global change drivers interact to affect phenology remains elusive. We conducted a meta …

Functional attributes of seeds as indicators of germination sensitivity to global warming

IG Vázquez, LB Valencia, L Galicia - Environmental Reviews, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate change has profound impacts on ecosystems, and one critical aspect is its effect on
seed germination, a crucial stage in plant life cycles. Various studies have explored the …

Differential response to warming of the uptake of nitrogen by plant species in non-degraded and degraded alpine grasslands

Z Pang, L Jiang, S Wang, X Xu, Y Rui, Z Zhang… - Journal of Soils and …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Chemical niche differentiation and changes in the dominance of plant species have
been proposed as mechanisms for the coexistence of different types of plants. We explored …

Accelerated temporal turnover of the soil nematode community under alpine grassland degradation

K Wang, K Xue, Z Wang, W Liu, R Zhao… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil nematodes play pivotal roles in the soil food web. However, the trophic regulation on
nematodes in the soil micro‐food web and its temporal dynamics are less explored. Here …

Simulated climate warming decreases fruit number but increases seed mass

H Zi, X Jing, A Liu, X Fan, SC Chen… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is changing plant sexual reproduction, having consequences for species
distribution and community dynamics. However, the magnitude and direction of plant …

Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community

JM Alatalo, AK Jägerbrand, J Dai… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Climate change is having major impacts on alpine and arctic regions, and inter‐
annual variations in temperature are likely to increase. How increased climate variability will …

Soil extractable organic C and N contents, methanotrophic activity under warming and degradation in a Tibetan alpine meadow

X Gu, X Zhou, X Bu, M Xue, L Jiang, S Wang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Tibetan alpine meadow ecosystem is an important part of the Eurasian grasslands and
is experiencing intense warming at approximately three times the global warming rate and …