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dc.contributor.authorHaugum, Siri Vatsø
dc.contributor.authorThorvaldsen, Pål
dc.contributor.authorVandvik, Vigdis
dc.contributor.authorVelle, Liv Guri
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-17T12:16:54Z
dc.date.available2022-01-17T12:16:54Z
dc.date.created2021-10-11T10:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-28
dc.identifier.citationOikos. 2021, 130 (11), 2015-2027.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0030-1299
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2837643
dc.description.abstractIn the last decade, several major dwarf-shrub dieback events have occurred in northern European coastal heathlands. These dieback events occur after extended periods with sub-zero temperatures under snow-free conditions and clear skies, suggesting that coastal heathlands have low resistance to winter drought. As climate projections forecast increased drought frequency, intensity, and duration, coastal heathlands are likely to experience more such diebacks in the future. There are, however, few empirical studies of drought impacts and responses on plant communities in humid oceanic ecosystems. We established a drought experiment with two distinct levels of intensified drought to identify responses and thresholds of drought resistance in coastal heathland vegetation. We repeated the experiment in two regions, separated by five degrees latitude, to represent different bioclimatic conditions within the coastal heathlands' wide latitudinal range in Europe. As coastal heathlands are semi-natural habitats managed by prescribed fire, and we repeated the experiment across three post-fire successional phases within each region. Plant community structure, annual primary production, and primary and secondary growth of the dominant dwarf-shrub Calluna vulgaris varied between climate regions. To our surprise, these wide-ranging vegetation- and plant-level response variables were largely unaffected by the drought treatments. Consequently, our results suggest that northern, coastal heathland vegetation is relatively resistant to substantial intensification in drought. This experiment represents the world's wettest (2200 mm year−1) and northernmost (65°8'N) drought experiment to date, thus filling important knowledge gaps on ecological drought responses in high-precipitation and high-latitude ecosystems across multiple phases of plant community succession.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Society Oikosen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleCoastal heathland vegetation is surprisingly resistant to experimental drought across successional stages and latitudeen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2021 The Authorsen_US
dc.source.pagenumber2015-2027en_US
dc.source.volume130en_US
dc.source.journalOikosen_US
dc.source.issue11en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/oik.08098
dc.identifier.cristin1944799
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 274831en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 255090en_US
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