Walck, Jeffrey L. and Hidayati, Siti N. and Dixon, Kingsley W. and Thompson, Ken and Poschlod, Peter (2011) Climate change and plant regeneration from seed. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 17 (6). pp. 2145-2161. ISSN 1354-1013
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At the core of plant regeneration, temperature and water supply are critical drivers for seed dormancy (initiation, break) and germination. Hence, global climate change is altering these environmental cues and will preclude, delay, or enhance regeneration from seeds, as already documented in some cases. Along with compromised seedling emergence and vigour, shifts in germination phenology will influence population dynamics, and thus, species composition and diversity of communities. Altered seed maturation (including consequences for dispersal) and seed mass will have ramifications on life history traits of plants. Predicted changes in temperature and precipitation, and thus in soil moisture, will affect many components of seed persistence in soil, e.g. seed longevity, dormancy release and germination, and soil pathogen activity. More/less equitable climate will alter geographic distribution for species, but restricted migratory capacity in some will greatly limit their response. Seed traits for weedy species could evolve relatively quickly to keep pace with climate change enhancing their negative environmental and economic impact. Thus, increased research in understudied ecosystems, on key issues related to seed ecology, and on evolution of seed traits in nonweedy species is needed to more fully comprehend and plan for plant responses to global warming.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | RHODODENDRON-PONTICUM POPULATIONS; LOLIUM-RIGIDUM SEEDS; AFTER-RIPENING TIME; BROMUS-TECTORUM L; GLOBAL-CHANGE; EL-NINO; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; COLD STRATIFICATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PINUS-SYLVESTRIS; germination phenology; global climate change; recruitment; seed dormancy; seed germination; seedling emergence; soil seed bank |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Ökologie und Naturschutzbiologie (Prof. Dr. Peter Poschlod) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2020 08:08 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2020 08:08 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20793 |
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