Université de Fribourg

The response of the alpine dwarf shrub Salix herbacea to altered snowmelt timing: lessons from a multi-site transplant experiment

Sedlacek, Janosch ; Wheeler, Julia A. ; Cortés, Andrés J. ; Bossdorf, Oliver ; Hoch, Guenter ; Lexer, Christian ; Wipf, Sonja ; Karrenberg, Sophie ; Kleunen, Mark van ; Rixen, Christian

In: PLoS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, no. 4, p. e0122395

Climate change is altering spring snowmelt patterns in alpine and arctic ecosystems, and these changes may alter plant phenology, growth and reproduction. To predict how alpine plants respond to shifts in snowmelt timing, we need to understand trait plasticity, its effects on growth and reproduction, and the degree to which plants experience a home-site advantage. We tested how the common,...