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DOI | 10.1111/gcb.15908 |
Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination | |
John M. Powers; Heather M. Briggs; Rachel G. Dickson; Xinyu Li; Diane R. Campbell | |
2021-10-14 | |
发表期刊 | Global Change Biology |
出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | Climate change can cause changes in expression of organismal traits that influence fitness. In flowering plants, floral traits can respond to drought, and that phenotypic plasticity has the potential to affect pollination and plant reproductive success. Global climate change is leading to earlier snow melt in snow-dominated ecosystems as well as affecting precipitation during the growing season, but the effects of snow melt timing on floral morphology and rewards remain unknown. We conducted crossed manipulations of spring snow melt timing (early vs. control) and summer monsoon precipitation (addition, control, and reduction) that mimicked recent natural variation, and examined plastic responses in floral traits of Ipomopsis aggregata over 3 years in the Rocky Mountains. We tested whether increased summer precipitation compensated for earlier snow melt, and if plasticity was associated with changes in soil moisture and/or leaf gas exchange. Lower summer precipitation decreased corolla length, style length, corolla width, sepal width, and nectar production, and increased nectar concentration. Earlier snow melt (taking into account natural and experimental variation) had the same effects on those traits and decreased inflorescence height. The effect of reduced summer precipitation was stronger in earlier snow melt years for corolla length and sepal width. Trait reductions were explained by drier soil during the flowering period, but this effect was only partially explained by how drier soils affected plant water stress, as measured by leaf gas exchange. We predicted the effects of plastic trait changes on pollinator visitation rates, pollination success, and seed production using prior studies on I. aggregata. The largest predicted effect of drier soil on relative fitness components via plasticity was a decrease in male fitness caused by reduced pollinator rewards (nectar production). Early snow melt and reduced precipitation are strong drivers of phenotypic plasticity, and both should be considered when predicting effects of climate change on plant traits in snow-dominated ecosystems. |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/339851 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | John M. Powers,Heather M. Briggs,Rachel G. Dickson,et al. Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination[J]. Global Change Biology,2021. |
APA | John M. Powers,Heather M. Briggs,Rachel G. Dickson,Xinyu Li,&Diane R. Campbell.(2021).Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination.Global Change Biology. |
MLA | John M. Powers,et al."Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination".Global Change Biology (2021). |
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