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Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

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Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. / Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Grytnes, John Arvid; Jurasinski, Gerald et al.

In: Nature, Vol. 556, No. 7700, 04.04.2018, p. 231-234.

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Harvard

Steinbauer, MJ, Grytnes, JA, Jurasinski, G, Kulonen, A, Lenoir, J, Pauli, H, Rixen, C, Winkler, M, Bardy-Durchhalter, M, Barni, E, Bjorkman, AD, Breiner, FT, Burg, S, Czortek, P, Dawes, MA, Delimat, A, Dullinger, S, Erschbamer, B, Felde, VA, Fernández-Arberas, O, Fossheim, KF, Gómez-García, D, Georges, D, Grindrud, ET, Haider, S, Haugum, SV, Henriksen, H, Herreros, MJ, Jaroszewicz, B, Jaroszynska, F, Kanka, R, Kapfer, J, Klanderud, K, Kühn, I, Lamprecht, A, Matteodo, M, Di Cella, UM, Normand, S, Odland, A, Olsen, SL, Palacio, S, Petey, M, Piscová, V, Sedlakova, B, Steinbauer, K, Stöckli, V, Svenning, JC, Teppa, G, Theurillat, JP, Vittoz, P, Woodin, SJ, Zimmermann, NE & Wipf, S 2018, 'Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming', Nature, vol. 556, no. 7700, pp. 231-234. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6

APA

Steinbauer, M. J., Grytnes, J. A., Jurasinski, G., Kulonen, A., Lenoir, J., Pauli, H., Rixen, C., Winkler, M., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Barni, E., Bjorkman, A. D., Breiner, F. T., Burg, S., Czortek, P., Dawes, M. A., Delimat, A., Dullinger, S., Erschbamer, B., Felde, V. A., ... Wipf, S. (2018). Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature, 556(7700), 231-234. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6

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Steinbauer MJ, Grytnes JA, Jurasinski G, Kulonen A, Lenoir J, Pauli H et al. Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature. 2018 Apr 4;556(7700):231-234. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6

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title = "Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming",
abstract = "Globally accelerating trends in societal development and human environmental impacts since the mid-twentieth century 1-7 are known as the Great Acceleration and have been discussed as a key indicator of the onset of the Anthropocene epoch 6 . While reports on ecological responses (for example, changes in species range or local extinctions) to the Great Acceleration are multiplying 8, 9, it is unknown whether such biotic responses are undergoing a similar acceleration over time. This knowledge gap stems from the limited availability of time series data on biodiversity changes across large temporal and geographical extents. Here we use a dataset of repeated plant surveys from 302 mountain summits across Europe, spanning 145 years of observation, to assess the temporal trajectory of mountain biodiversity changes as a globally coherent imprint of the Anthropocene. We find a continent-wide acceleration in the rate of increase in plant species richness, with five times as much species enrichment between 2007 and 2016 as fifty years ago, between 1957 and 1966. This acceleration is strikingly synchronized with accelerated global warming and is not linked to alternative global change drivers. The accelerating increases in species richness on mountain summits across this broad spatial extent demonstrate that acceleration in climate-induced biotic change is occurring even in remote places on Earth, with potentially far-ranging consequences not only for biodiversity, but also for ecosystem functioning and services.",
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author = "Steinbauer, {Manuel J.} and Grytnes, {John Arvid} and Gerald Jurasinski and Aino Kulonen and Jonathan Lenoir and Harald Pauli and Christian Rixen and Manuela Winkler and Manfred Bardy-Durchhalter and Elena Barni and Bjorkman, {Anne D.} and Breiner, {Frank T.} and Sarah Burg and Patryk Czortek and Dawes, {Melissa A.} and Anna Delimat and Stefan Dullinger and Brigitta Erschbamer and Felde, {Vivian A.} and Olatz Fern{\'a}ndez-Arberas and Fossheim, {Kjetil F.} and Daniel G{\'o}mez-Garc{\'i}a and Damien Georges and Grindrud, {Erlend T.} and Sylvia Haider and Haugum, {Siri V.} and Hanne Henriksen and Herreros, {Mar{\'i}a J.} and Bogdan Jaroszewicz and Francesca Jaroszynska and Robert Kanka and Jutta Kapfer and Kari Klanderud and Ingolf K{\"u}hn and Andrea Lamprecht and Magali Matteodo and {Di Cella}, {Umberto Morra} and Signe Normand and Arvid Odland and Olsen, {Siri L.} and Sara Palacio and Martina Petey and Veronika Piscov{\'a} and Blazena Sedlakova and Klaus Steinbauer and Veronika St{\"o}ckli and Svenning, {Jens Christian} and Guido Teppa and Theurillat, {Jean Paul} and Pascal Vittoz and Woodin, {Sarah J.} and Zimmermann, {Niklaus E.} and Sonja Wipf",
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RIS

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T1 - Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming

AU - Steinbauer, Manuel J.

AU - Grytnes, John Arvid

AU - Jurasinski, Gerald

AU - Kulonen, Aino

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Pauli, Harald

AU - Rixen, Christian

AU - Winkler, Manuela

AU - Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred

AU - Barni, Elena

AU - Bjorkman, Anne D.

AU - Breiner, Frank T.

AU - Burg, Sarah

AU - Czortek, Patryk

AU - Dawes, Melissa A.

AU - Delimat, Anna

AU - Dullinger, Stefan

AU - Erschbamer, Brigitta

AU - Felde, Vivian A.

AU - Fernández-Arberas, Olatz

AU - Fossheim, Kjetil F.

AU - Gómez-García, Daniel

AU - Georges, Damien

AU - Grindrud, Erlend T.

AU - Haider, Sylvia

AU - Haugum, Siri V.

AU - Henriksen, Hanne

AU - Herreros, María J.

AU - Jaroszewicz, Bogdan

AU - Jaroszynska, Francesca

AU - Kanka, Robert

AU - Kapfer, Jutta

AU - Klanderud, Kari

AU - Kühn, Ingolf

AU - Lamprecht, Andrea

AU - Matteodo, Magali

AU - Di Cella, Umberto Morra

AU - Normand, Signe

AU - Odland, Arvid

AU - Olsen, Siri L.

AU - Palacio, Sara

AU - Petey, Martina

AU - Piscová, Veronika

AU - Sedlakova, Blazena

AU - Steinbauer, Klaus

AU - Stöckli, Veronika

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - Teppa, Guido

AU - Theurillat, Jean Paul

AU - Vittoz, Pascal

AU - Woodin, Sarah J.

AU - Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

AU - Wipf, Sonja

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Macmillan Publishers Ltd., part of Springer Nature.

PY - 2018/4/4

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N2 - Globally accelerating trends in societal development and human environmental impacts since the mid-twentieth century 1-7 are known as the Great Acceleration and have been discussed as a key indicator of the onset of the Anthropocene epoch 6 . While reports on ecological responses (for example, changes in species range or local extinctions) to the Great Acceleration are multiplying 8, 9, it is unknown whether such biotic responses are undergoing a similar acceleration over time. This knowledge gap stems from the limited availability of time series data on biodiversity changes across large temporal and geographical extents. Here we use a dataset of repeated plant surveys from 302 mountain summits across Europe, spanning 145 years of observation, to assess the temporal trajectory of mountain biodiversity changes as a globally coherent imprint of the Anthropocene. We find a continent-wide acceleration in the rate of increase in plant species richness, with five times as much species enrichment between 2007 and 2016 as fifty years ago, between 1957 and 1966. This acceleration is strikingly synchronized with accelerated global warming and is not linked to alternative global change drivers. The accelerating increases in species richness on mountain summits across this broad spatial extent demonstrate that acceleration in climate-induced biotic change is occurring even in remote places on Earth, with potentially far-ranging consequences not only for biodiversity, but also for ecosystem functioning and services.

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