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Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes

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Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes. / Walker, Tom W.N.; Weckwerth, Wolfram; Bragazza, Luca et al.
In: Ecology Letters, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.2019, p. 159-169.

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Walker, TWN, Weckwerth, W, Bragazza, L, Fragner, L, Forde, BG, Ostle, NJ, Signarbieux, C, Sun, X, Ward, SE & Bardgett, RD 2019, 'Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes', Ecology Letters, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13178

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Walker, T. W. N., Weckwerth, W., Bragazza, L., Fragner, L., Forde, B. G., Ostle, N. J., Signarbieux, C., Sun, X., Ward, S. E., & Bardgett, R. D. (2019). Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes. Ecology Letters, 22(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13178

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Walker TWN, Weckwerth W, Bragazza L, Fragner L, Forde BG, Ostle NJ et al. Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes. Ecology Letters. 2019 Jan;22(1):159-169. Epub 2018 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/ele.13178

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Walker, Tom W.N. ; Weckwerth, Wolfram ; Bragazza, Luca et al. / Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes. In: Ecology Letters. 2019 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 159-169.

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title = "Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes",
abstract = "Climate warming affects plant physiology through genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, but little is known about how these mechanisms influence ecosystem processes. We used three elevation gradients and a reciprocal transplant experiment to show that temperature causes genetic change in the sedge Eriophorum vaginatum. We demonstrate that plants originating from warmer climate produce fewer secondary compounds, grow faster and accelerate carbon dioxide (CO2) release to the atmosphere. However, warmer climate also caused plasticity in E. vaginatum, inhibiting nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis and growth and slowing CO2 release into the atmosphere. Genetic differentiation and plasticity in E. vaginatum thus had opposing effects on CO2 fluxes, suggesting that warming over many generations may buffer, or reverse, the short-term influence of this species over carbon cycle processes. Our findings demonstrate the capacity for plant evolution to impact ecosystem processes, and reveal a further mechanism through which plants will shape ecosystem responses to climate change.",
keywords = "Carbon cycle, climate feedbacks, climate warming, Eriophorum vaginatum, genetic adaptation, intraspecific variation, natural selection, phenotypic plasticity, plant ecophysiology, plant metabolism",
author = "Walker, {Tom W.N.} and Wolfram Weckwerth and Luca Bragazza and Lena Fragner and Forde, {Brian G.} and Ostle, {Nicholas J.} and Constant Signarbieux and Xiaoliang Sun and Ward, {Susan E.} and Bardgett, {Richard D.}",
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journal = "Ecology Letters",
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RIS

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AU - Walker, Tom W.N.

AU - Weckwerth, Wolfram

AU - Bragazza, Luca

AU - Fragner, Lena

AU - Forde, Brian G.

AU - Ostle, Nicholas J.

AU - Signarbieux, Constant

AU - Sun, Xiaoliang

AU - Ward, Susan E.

AU - Bardgett, Richard D.

PY - 2019/1

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N2 - Climate warming affects plant physiology through genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, but little is known about how these mechanisms influence ecosystem processes. We used three elevation gradients and a reciprocal transplant experiment to show that temperature causes genetic change in the sedge Eriophorum vaginatum. We demonstrate that plants originating from warmer climate produce fewer secondary compounds, grow faster and accelerate carbon dioxide (CO2) release to the atmosphere. However, warmer climate also caused plasticity in E. vaginatum, inhibiting nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis and growth and slowing CO2 release into the atmosphere. Genetic differentiation and plasticity in E. vaginatum thus had opposing effects on CO2 fluxes, suggesting that warming over many generations may buffer, or reverse, the short-term influence of this species over carbon cycle processes. Our findings demonstrate the capacity for plant evolution to impact ecosystem processes, and reveal a further mechanism through which plants will shape ecosystem responses to climate change.

AB - Climate warming affects plant physiology through genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, but little is known about how these mechanisms influence ecosystem processes. We used three elevation gradients and a reciprocal transplant experiment to show that temperature causes genetic change in the sedge Eriophorum vaginatum. We demonstrate that plants originating from warmer climate produce fewer secondary compounds, grow faster and accelerate carbon dioxide (CO2) release to the atmosphere. However, warmer climate also caused plasticity in E. vaginatum, inhibiting nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis and growth and slowing CO2 release into the atmosphere. Genetic differentiation and plasticity in E. vaginatum thus had opposing effects on CO2 fluxes, suggesting that warming over many generations may buffer, or reverse, the short-term influence of this species over carbon cycle processes. Our findings demonstrate the capacity for plant evolution to impact ecosystem processes, and reveal a further mechanism through which plants will shape ecosystem responses to climate change.

KW - Carbon cycle

KW - climate feedbacks

KW - climate warming

KW - Eriophorum vaginatum

KW - genetic adaptation

KW - intraspecific variation

KW - natural selection

KW - phenotypic plasticity

KW - plant ecophysiology

KW - plant metabolism

U2 - 10.1111/ele.13178

DO - 10.1111/ele.13178

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VL - 22

SP - 159

EP - 169

JO - Ecology Letters

JF - Ecology Letters

SN - 1461-023X

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