Plant traits poorly predict winner and loser shrub species in a warming tundra biome.

Mariana García Criado, Isla H Myers-Smith, Anne D Bjorkman, Signe Normand, Anne Blach-Overgaard, Haydn J D Thomas, Anu Eskelinen, Konsta Happonen, Juha M Alatalo, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Isabelle Aubin, Mariska Te Beest, Katlyn R Betway-May, Daan Blok, Allan Buras

June 2023 Nat Commun

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Plant Traits and Shrub Success in Warming Tundra Climate Change Impact Study

Plant Traits and Shrub Success in Warming Tundra Climate Change Impact Study

This study examines how plant traits influence shrub species success in a warming tundra, showing that traits like seed mass relate to future projections, but overall trait profiles are similar for winners and losers, indicating limited trait-based prediction power.

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Abstract Synopsis

  • The study investigates how plant traits influence the success of shrub species in the warming tundra, finding that traits like seed mass and leaf area variation are related to projected range shifts, but not consistently to current ranges or past abundance changes.
  • Shrub species with greater seed mass tend to be projected winners in future climate models, but overall, winner and loser species have similar trait profiles, suggesting no clear trait-based pattern for success or failure.
  • The findings suggest that future changes in shrub distributions will not significantly alter the overall trait composition of tundra shrub communities, as species with different outcomes share similar trait characteristics.]