Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F16%3A00467126" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/16:00467126 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/16:72957 RIV/60076658:12310/16:43890740 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10325306
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24440" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24440</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24440" target="_blank" >10.1038/srep24440</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gardening in the zone of death: an experimental assessment of the absolute elevation limit of vascular plants
Original language description
Vascular plants in the western Tibetan Plateau reach 6000 m-the highest elevation on Earth. Due to the significant warming of the region, plant ranges are expected to shift upwards. However, factors governing maximum elevational limits of plant are unclear. To experimentally assess these factors, we transplanted 12 species from 5750 m to 5900 m (upper edge of vegetation) and 6100 m (beyond range) and monitored their survival for six years. In the first three years (2009–2012), there were plants surviving beyond the regional upper limit of vegetation. This supports the hypothesis of dispersal and/or recruitment limitation. Substantial warming, recorded in-situ during this period, very likely facilitated the survival. The survival was ecologically a non-random process, species better adapted to repeated soil freezing and thawing survived significantly better. No species have survived at 6100 m since 2013, probably due to the extreme snowfall in 2013. In conclusion, apart from the minimum heat requirements, our results show that episodic climatic events are decisive determinants of upper elevational limits of vascular plants.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-13368S" target="_blank" >GA13-13368S: Plant diversity changes under climate warming: from regional flora to microhabitat adaptation and diversity patterns</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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