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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4981-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4981-2020
Research article
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18 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2020

Plant trait response of tundra shrubs to permafrost thaw and nutrient addition

Maitane Iturrate-Garcia, Monique M. P. D. Heijmans, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Fritz H. Schweingruber, Pascal A. Niklaus, and Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

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Changes on plant traits associated with climate warming might alter vegetation–climate interactions. We investigated experimentally the effects of enhanced permafrost thaw and soil nutrients on a wide set of tundra shrub traits. We found a coordinated trait response to some treatments, which suggests a shift in shrub resource, growth and defence strategies. This shift might feed back into permafrost thaw – through mechanisms associated with water demand – and into carbon and energy fluxes.
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