Early Evidence of Shifts in Alpine Summit Vegetation: A Case Study From Kashmir Himalaya

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F20%3A43901210" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/20:43901210 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985939:_____/20:00534020

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00421/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00421/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00421" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpls.2020.00421</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Early Evidence of Shifts in Alpine Summit Vegetation: A Case Study From Kashmir Himalaya

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Under the contemporary climate change, the Himalaya is reported to be warming at a much higher rate than the global average. However, little is known about the alpine vegetation responses to recent climate change in the rapidly warming Himalaya. Here we studied vegetation dynamics on alpine summits in Kashmir Himalaya in relation to in situ measured microclimate. The summits, representing an elevation gradient from treeline to nival zone (3530-3740 m), were first surveyed in 2014 and then re-surveyed in 2018. The initial survey showed that the species richness, vegetation cover and soil temperature decreased with increasing elevation. Species richness and soil temperature differed significantly among slopes, with east and south slopes showing higher values than north and west slopes. The re-survey showed that species richness increased on the lower three summits but decreased on the highest summit (nival zone) and also revealed a substantial increase in the cover of dominant shrubs, graminoids, and forbs. The nestedness-resultant dissimilarity, rather than species turnover, contributed more to the magnitude of beta-diversity among the summits. High temporal species turnover was found on south and east aspects, while high nestedness was recorded along north and west aspects. Thermophilization was more pronounced on the lower two summits and along the northern aspects. Our study provides crucial scientific data on climate change impacts on the alpine vegetation of Kashmir Himalaya. This information will fill global knowledge gaps from the developing world.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Early Evidence of Shifts in Alpine Summit Vegetation: A Case Study From Kashmir Himalaya

Popis výsledku anglicky

Under the contemporary climate change, the Himalaya is reported to be warming at a much higher rate than the global average. However, little is known about the alpine vegetation responses to recent climate change in the rapidly warming Himalaya. Here we studied vegetation dynamics on alpine summits in Kashmir Himalaya in relation to in situ measured microclimate. The summits, representing an elevation gradient from treeline to nival zone (3530-3740 m), were first surveyed in 2014 and then re-surveyed in 2018. The initial survey showed that the species richness, vegetation cover and soil temperature decreased with increasing elevation. Species richness and soil temperature differed significantly among slopes, with east and south slopes showing higher values than north and west slopes. The re-survey showed that species richness increased on the lower three summits but decreased on the highest summit (nival zone) and also revealed a substantial increase in the cover of dominant shrubs, graminoids, and forbs. The nestedness-resultant dissimilarity, rather than species turnover, contributed more to the magnitude of beta-diversity among the summits. High temporal species turnover was found on south and east aspects, while high nestedness was recorded along north and west aspects. Thermophilization was more pronounced on the lower two summits and along the northern aspects. Our study provides crucial scientific data on climate change impacts on the alpine vegetation of Kashmir Himalaya. This information will fill global knowledge gaps from the developing world.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-19376S" target="_blank" >GA17-19376S: Ekologické a evoluční odpovědi rostlin na klimatické změny: analýza růstových změn napříč ekosystémy a evolučními liniemi</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Frontiers in Plant Science

ISSN

1664-462X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

APR 24 2020

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000533409900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85084344023