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Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region. / Bengtsson, Fia; Rydin, Håkan; Baltzer, Jennifer L.; Bragazza, Luca; Bu, Zhao Jun; Caporn, Simon J.M.; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Galanina, Olga; Gałka, Mariusz; Ganeva, Anna; Goia, Irina; Goncharova, Nadezhda; Hájek, Michal; Haraguchi, Akira; Harris, Lorna I.; Humphreys, Elyn; Jiroušek, Martin; Kajukało, Katarzyna; Karofeld, Edgar; Koronatova, Natalia G.; Kosykh, Natalia P.; Laine, Anna M.; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Lapshina, Elena; Limpens, Juul; Linkosalmi, Maiju; Ma, Jin Ze; Mauritz, Marguerite; Mitchell, Edward A.D.; Munir, Tariq M.; Natali, Susan M.; Natcheva, Rayna; Payne, Richard J.; Philippov, Dmitriy A.; Rice, Steven K.; Robinson, Sean; Robroek, Bjorn J.M.; Rochefort, Line; Singer, David; Stenøien, Hans K.; Tuittila, Eeva Stiina; Vellak, Kai; Waddington, James Michael; Granath, Gustaf.
In: Journal of Ecology, Vol. 109, No. 1, 01.2021, p. 417-431.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region
AU - Bengtsson, Fia
AU - Rydin, Håkan
AU - Baltzer, Jennifer L.
AU - Bragazza, Luca
AU - Bu, Zhao Jun
AU - Caporn, Simon J.M.
AU - Dorrepaal, Ellen
AU - Flatberg, Kjell Ivar
AU - Galanina, Olga
AU - Gałka, Mariusz
AU - Ganeva, Anna
AU - Goia, Irina
AU - Goncharova, Nadezhda
AU - Hájek, Michal
AU - Haraguchi, Akira
AU - Harris, Lorna I.
AU - Humphreys, Elyn
AU - Jiroušek, Martin
AU - Kajukało, Katarzyna
AU - Karofeld, Edgar
AU - Koronatova, Natalia G.
AU - Kosykh, Natalia P.
AU - Laine, Anna M.
AU - Lamentowicz, Mariusz
AU - Lapshina, Elena
AU - Limpens, Juul
AU - Linkosalmi, Maiju
AU - Ma, Jin Ze
AU - Mauritz, Marguerite
AU - Mitchell, Edward A.D.
AU - Munir, Tariq M.
AU - Natali, Susan M.
AU - Natcheva, Rayna
AU - Payne, Richard J.
AU - Philippov, Dmitriy A.
AU - Rice, Steven K.
AU - Robinson, Sean
AU - Robroek, Bjorn J.M.
AU - Rochefort, Line
AU - Singer, David
AU - Stenøien, Hans K.
AU - Tuittila, Eeva Stiina
AU - Vellak, Kai
AU - Waddington, James Michael
AU - Granath, Gustaf
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - The relative importance of global versus local environmental factors for growth and thus carbon uptake of the bryophyte genus Sphagnum—the main peat-former and ecosystem engineer in northern peatlands—remains unclear. We measured length growth and net primary production (NPP) of two abundant Sphagnum species across 99 Holarctic peatlands. We tested the importance of previously proposed abiotic and biotic drivers for peatland carbon uptake (climate, N deposition, water table depth and vascular plant cover) on these two responses. Employing structural equation models (SEMs), we explored both indirect and direct effects of drivers on Sphagnum growth. Variation in growth was large, but similar within and between peatlands. Length growth showed a stronger response to predictors than NPP. Moreover, the smaller and denser Sphagnum fuscum growing on hummocks had weaker responses to climatic variation than the larger and looser Sphagnum magellanicum growing in the wetter conditions. Growth decreased with increasing vascular plant cover within a site. Between sites, precipitation and temperature increased growth for S. magellanicum. The SEMs indicate that indirect effects are important. For example, vascular plant cover increased with a deeper water table, increased nitrogen deposition, precipitation and temperature. These factors also influenced Sphagnum growth indirectly by affecting moss shoot density. Synthesis. Our results imply that in a warmer climate, S. magellanicum will increase length growth as long as precipitation is not reduced, while S. fuscum is more resistant to decreased precipitation, but also less able to take advantage of increased precipitation and temperature. Such species-specific sensitivity to climate may affect competitive outcomes in a changing environment, and potentially the future carbon sink function of peatlands.
AB - The relative importance of global versus local environmental factors for growth and thus carbon uptake of the bryophyte genus Sphagnum—the main peat-former and ecosystem engineer in northern peatlands—remains unclear. We measured length growth and net primary production (NPP) of two abundant Sphagnum species across 99 Holarctic peatlands. We tested the importance of previously proposed abiotic and biotic drivers for peatland carbon uptake (climate, N deposition, water table depth and vascular plant cover) on these two responses. Employing structural equation models (SEMs), we explored both indirect and direct effects of drivers on Sphagnum growth. Variation in growth was large, but similar within and between peatlands. Length growth showed a stronger response to predictors than NPP. Moreover, the smaller and denser Sphagnum fuscum growing on hummocks had weaker responses to climatic variation than the larger and looser Sphagnum magellanicum growing in the wetter conditions. Growth decreased with increasing vascular plant cover within a site. Between sites, precipitation and temperature increased growth for S. magellanicum. The SEMs indicate that indirect effects are important. For example, vascular plant cover increased with a deeper water table, increased nitrogen deposition, precipitation and temperature. These factors also influenced Sphagnum growth indirectly by affecting moss shoot density. Synthesis. Our results imply that in a warmer climate, S. magellanicum will increase length growth as long as precipitation is not reduced, while S. fuscum is more resistant to decreased precipitation, but also less able to take advantage of increased precipitation and temperature. Such species-specific sensitivity to climate may affect competitive outcomes in a changing environment, and potentially the future carbon sink function of peatlands.
KW - CARBON
KW - CLIMATE
KW - CO2
KW - DEPOSITION
KW - MODEL
KW - MOSSES
KW - NITROGEN
KW - PAR
KW - PHOTOSYNTHESIS
KW - SPHAGNUM GROWTH
KW - WATER
KW - climate
KW - global change
KW - net primary production
KW - nitrogen deposition
KW - peat mosses
KW - plant-climate interactions
KW - structural equation model
KW - plant–climate interactions
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U2 - 10.1111/1365-2745.13499
DO - 10.1111/1365-2745.13499
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091524308
VL - 109
SP - 417
EP - 431
JO - Journal of Ecology
JF - Journal of Ecology
SN - 0022-0477
IS - 1
ER -
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