{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Mohl P"],"funding":["Swiss National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["7398"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9715633"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Alpine plants have evolved a tight seasonal cycle of growth and senescence to cope with a short growing season. The potential growing season length (GSL) is increasing because of climate warming, possibly prolonging plant growth above- and belowground. We tested whether growth dynamics in typical alpine grassland are altered when the natural GSL (2-3 months) is experimentally advanced and thus, prolonged by 2-4 months. Additional summer months did not extend the growing period, as canopy browning started 34-41 days after the start of the season, even when GSL was more than doubled. Less than 10% of roots were produced during the added months, suggesting that root growth was as conservative as leaf growth. Few species showed a weak second greening under prolonged GSL, but not the dominant sedge. A longer growing season under future climate may therefore not extend growth in this widespread alpine community, but will foster species that follow a less strict phenology."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Growth of alpine grassland will start and stop earlier under climate warming."],"pmcid":["PMC9715633"],"funding_grant_id":["182592","31003A_182592"],"pubmed_authors":["Hiltbrunner E","Mohl P","von Buren RS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Growth of alpine grassland will start and stop earlier under climate warming.","description":"Alpine plants have evolved a tight seasonal cycle of growth and senescence to cope with a short growing season. The potential growing season length (GSL) is increasing because of climate warming, possibly prolonging plant growth above- and belowground. We tested whether growth dynamics in typical alpine grassland are altered when the natural GSL (2-3 months) is experimentally advanced and thus, prolonged by 2-4 months. Additional summer months did not extend the growing period, as canopy browning started 34-41 days after the start of the season, even when GSL was more than doubled. Less than 10% of roots were produced during the added months, suggesting that root growth was as conservative as leaf growth. Few species showed a weak second greening under prolonged GSL, but not the dominant sedge. A longer growing season under future climate may therefore not extend growth in this widespread alpine community, but will foster species that follow a less strict phenology.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-26T12:31:20.772Z","creation":"2025-04-06T14:01:47.801Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9715633","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36456572"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-35194-5"]}}