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Timing and duration of phenological sequences of alpine plants along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan plateau | |
Wang Shiping1; Wang Changshun1,6; Duan Jichuang2,3; Zhu Xiaoxue2; Xu Guangping4,5; Luo Caiyun2; Zhang Zhenhua2; Meng Fandong1,6; Li Yingnian2; Du Mingyuan7 | |
2014-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY |
ISSN | 0168-1923 |
卷号 | 189页码:220-228 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | Previous studies have focused on the effects of increased temperatures on a single green-up and/or flowering event, but less is known about how acceleration of spring phenology may change subsequent phenological events. We present results of a field experiment to test the hypotheses that (1) the timing of phenological events does not necessarily delay as elevation increases; (2) changes in the timing of a sequence of phenological events will be consistent for all phenological events along the elevation gradient; and thus (3) change in the timing of phenological events does not affect the duration of the entire reproductive stage in the alpine region. The experiment was conducted along an elevation gradient from 3200 to 3800 m using two early-spring flowering (ESF) sedges and four mid-summer flowering (MSF) plants (two forbs and two grasses). Generally, our results only supported the first hypothesis. Lower elevation delayed the starting dates of all phenological events for ESF plants at 3200 m compared with other elevations, whereas the opposite trend was observed for MSF-grasses. MSF-forbs had the earliest leaf-out at 3200 m and the earliest first flowering at 3600 m, and onset of fruit-set advanced with increasing elevation. The entire reproductive duration was shortened with increasing elevation for MSF-forbs, whereas it was the shortest for ESF at 3600 m and for MSF-grasses at 3200 and/or 3800 m. Individual reproductive stages had independent responses to climate change. The duration of the entire growing season for ESF plants decreased as elevation increased. For MSF-forbs, it was longest at 3200 m and shortest at 3400 m, while for MSF-grasses it was shortest at 3200 m and at 3800 m. Reproduction was compressed into shorter time periods only for MSF-forbs at 3600 and 3800 m. Therefore, reproduction is not tightly integrated across the life cycle, and earlier reproductive development induced by warmer spring temperatures did not consistently advance flowering and fruiting times and their durations for the alpine plants studied. The effects of climate change on the timing and duration of phenological events were species-specific. Selection for changes in the timing and duration of individual phenological stages in response to climate change due to evolutionary adaptation should be taken into account. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.; Previous studies have focused on the effects of increased temperatures on a single green-up and/or flowering event, but less is known about how acceleration of spring phenology may change subsequent phenological events. We present results of a field experiment to test the hypotheses that (1) the timing of phenological events does not necessarily delay as elevation increases; (2) changes in the timing of a sequence of phenological events will be consistent for all phenological events along the elevation gradient; and thus (3) change in the timing of phenological events does not affect the duration of the entire reproductive stage in the alpine region. The experiment was conducted along an elevation gradient from 3200 to 3800 m using two early-spring flowering (ESF) sedges and four mid-summer flowering (MSF) plants (two forbs and two grasses). Generally, our results only supported the first hypothesis. Lower elevation delayed the starting dates of all phenological events for ESF plants at 3200 m compared with other elevations, whereas the opposite trend was observed for MSF-grasses. MSF-forbs had the earliest leaf-out at 3200 m and the earliest first flowering at 3600 m, and onset of fruit-set advanced with increasing elevation. The entire reproductive duration was shortened with increasing elevation for MSF-forbs, whereas it was the shortest for ESF at 3600 m and for MSF-grasses at 3200 and/or 3800 m. Individual reproductive stages had independent responses to climate change. The duration of the entire growing season for ESF plants decreased as elevation increased. For MSF-forbs, it was longest at 3200 m and shortest at 3400 m, while for MSF-grasses it was shortest at 3200 m and at 3800 m. Reproduction was compressed into shorter time periods only for MSF-forbs at 3600 and 3800 m. Therefore, reproduction is not tightly integrated across the life cycle, and earlier reproductive development induced by warmer spring temperatures did not consistently advance flowering and fruiting times and their durations for the alpine plants studied. The effects of climate change on the timing and duration of phenological events were species-specific. Selection for changes in the timing and duration of individual phenological stages in response to climate change due to evolutionary adaptation should be taken into account. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Climate Change Early-spring Flowering Plants Mid-summer Flowering Plants Reproductive Phenology Evolutionary Adaptation Alpine Plants |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Physical Sciences |
关键词[WOS] | CLIMATE-CHANGE ; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY ; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY ; SPRING PHENOLOGY ; RESPONSES ; SUCCESS ; SHIFTS ; WINTER ; TEMPERATURE ; EVOLUTION |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Agriculture ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS类目 | Agronomy ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000333852900023 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/4228 |
专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Lab Alpine Ecol & Biodivers, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Key Lab Adaptat & Evolut Plateau Biota, Xining 810008, Peoples R China 3.Binhai Res Inst Tianjin, Tianjin 300457, Peoples R China 4.Guangxi Inst Bot, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangxi 541006, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Dept Biol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 7.Natl Inst Agroenvironm Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058604, Japan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang Shiping,Wang Changshun,Duan Jichuang,et al. Timing and duration of phenological sequences of alpine plants along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan plateau[J]. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,2014,189:220-228. |
APA | Wang Shiping.,Wang Changshun.,Duan Jichuang.,Zhu Xiaoxue.,Xu Guangping.,...&Du Mingyuan.(2014).Timing and duration of phenological sequences of alpine plants along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan plateau.AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,189,220-228. |
MLA | Wang Shiping,et al."Timing and duration of phenological sequences of alpine plants along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan plateau".AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY 189(2014):220-228. |
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