Climate change and longterm patch dynamics of a perennial herb

Abstract

The patch system is presently not in equilibrium and this is probably the result of the new climatic regime. The number of patches increases steadily, most patches increase synchronously in size, and there is a positive feed back of patch size on rate of increase. Still, rates of increase are low, and in a three decade perspective the distribution of plant resources at the landscape scale remains essentially unchanged.

Keywords

Patchy plant populations; Climate effects; Swallow-wort; Metapopulations; Population monitoring

Published in

Basic and Applied Ecology
2012, volume: 13, number: 5, pages: 414-422
Publisher: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG

SLU Authors

• Solbreck, Christer

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG13 Climate action

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.07.003

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42448