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NATURE PLANTS
卷 5, 期 9, 页码 952-958出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0495-8
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- Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE)
- NASA's Carbon Cycle Science programmes [NNX17AE13G]
- NASA [NNX17AE13G, 1002818] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
High-latitude regions have experienced rapid warming in recent decades, and this trend is projected to continue over the twenty-first century(1). Fire is also projected to increase with warming(2,3). We show here, consistent with changes during the Holocene(4), that changes in twenty-first century climate and fire are likely to alter the composition of Alaskan boreal forests. We hypothesize that competition for nutrients after fire in early succession and for light in late succession in a warmer climate will cause shifts in plant functional type. Consistent with observations, our ecosystem model predicts evergreen conifers to be the current dominant tree type in Alaska. However, under future climate and fire, our analysis suggests the relative dominance of deciduous broadleaf trees nearly doubles, accounting for 58% of the Alaska ecosystem's net primary productivity by 2100, with commensurate declines in contributions from evergreen conifer trees and herbaceous plants. Post-fire deciduous broadleaf tree growth under a future climate is sustained from enhanced microbial nitrogen mineralization caused by warmer soils and deeper active layers, resulting in taller trees that compete more effectively for light. The expansion of deciduous broadleaf forests will affect the carbon cycle, surface energy fluxes and ecosystem function, thereby modifying important feedbacks with the climate system.
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