Data from: Plant trait response of tundra shrubs to permafrost and nutrient addition
Cite this dataset
Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela (2020). Data from: Plant trait response of tundra shrubs to permafrost and nutrient addition [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jh9w0vt8v
Abstract
Plants may alter their strategies, such as growth and resource acquisition, as a result of climate change, especially in areas like the Arctic. These changes might affect in turn ecosystem functions and vegetation-climate interactions. Plant traits reflect both strategies and plant trade-offs in response to environmental conditions. In combination with observational data, experiments mimicking future climate conditions and data involving multiple leaf and stem traits, can contribute to a better mechanistic understanding of feedbacks between shrub growth strategies, permafrost thaw and carbon and energy fluxes.
This dataset contains both metadata and plant trait data measured in individuals of four arctic shrub species under experimental conditions. The permafrost thaw and fertilization experiment (Peng et al., 2017) ran for four years (2011-2014) in the nature reserve of Kytalyk, north-eastern Siberia (70°49'N, 147°28'E). The shrub species, dominant at the research site, were the deciduous species Betula nana ssp. exilis (Sukazcev) Hultén and Salix pulchra Cham., and the evergreen species Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens (Aiton) Hultén and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.
Methods
The methods used for generating and processing the data are explained in Iturrate-Garcia et al. (2020); https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-498
Usage notes
Please read the readme file (tundra_shrub_traits_README.txt) for description of the data included in the file tundra_shrub_traits.csv.
Funding
University of Zurich, Award: University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity (URPP-GCB)
Swiss National Foundation, Award: SNSF project grant 140631
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Award: (NWO-ALW) VIDI grant 864.09.014
University of Zurich, Award: University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity (URPP-GCB)
Swiss National Foundation, Award: SNSF project grant 140631
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Award: (NWO-ALW) VIDI grant 864.09.014