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Subarctic warming still boosts plant VOC emissions
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After 13 years, +2°C open-top chambers raised subarctic heath sesquiterpenes fivefold and roughly doubled isoprene and monoterpenes, with vegetation shifts helping drive the fluxes.
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After 13 years, +2°C open-top chambers raised subarctic heath sesquiterpenes fivefold and roughly doubled isoprene and monoterpenes, with vegetation shifts helping drive the fluxes.
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Study at a glance
- Design
- Other — Long-term open-top-chamber warming and litter-addition field experiment on subarctic heath BVOC emissions
- N
- N=24 · 24 plots of 120 × 120 cm; n = 6 replicates per treatment after 13 years of warming
- Population
- Subarctic heath vegetation in open-top chambers
- Outcome
- +2°C warming raised sesquiterpene emissions fivefold and roughly doubled isoprene and monoterpenes, with vegetation shifts contributing
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Subarctic warming still boosts plant VOC emissions
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What vegetation changes accompanied warming plus litter in 2010?
In 2010, the coverage of both deciduous and evergreen shrubs increased in the combined warming and litter addition treatment, but no differences were found in 2012 (Table).
What happened to forbs by 2012?
The coverage of forbs was increased by the warming treatment, and the differences found between warming and other treatments were statistically significant in 2012 (Table).
Key findings
Warming remained effective after 13 years. Sesquiterpenes rose 5-fold (P=0.006); 2010-average isoprene 1.9× (P=0.003) and monoterpenes 2× (P=0.019). Combined warming+litter increased deciduous and evergreen shrub cover in 2010; forbs increased under warming by 2012. Chamber air during measurements was only +0.5°C.
Methodology
On a subarctic heath, authors measured BVOCs from plots warmed ~2°C with open-top tents, with/without extra litter, using adsorbent tubes and GC, relating emissions to cover of shrubs, forbs, mosses, and lichens (n=6 plots).
Limitations
Tents warm air/soil modestly and alter wind. n=6 is small. Emissions are plot-scale, not a regional atmospheric model, and 2012 vegetation differences were weaker than 2010.
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