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‘Hearing’ alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Biometeorology, August 2016
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Title
‘Hearing’ alpine plants growing after snowmelt: ultrasonic snow sensors provide long-term series of alpine plant phenology
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International Journal of Biometeorology, August 2016
DOI 10.1007/s00484-016-1216-x
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Yann Vitasse, Martine Rebetez, Gianluca Filippa, Edoardo Cremonese, Geoffrey Klein, Christian Rixen

Abstract

In alpine environments, the growing season is severely constrained by low temperature and snow. Here, we aim at determining the climatic factors that best explain the interannual variation in spring growth onset of alpine plants, and at examining whether photoperiod might limit their phenological response during exceptionally warm springs and early snowmelts. We analysed 17 years of data (1998-2014) from 35 automatic weather stations located in subalpine and alpine zones ranging from 1560 to 2450 m asl in the Swiss Alps. These stations are equipped with ultrasonic sensors for snow depth measurements that are also able to detect plant growth in spring and summer, giving a unique opportunity to analyse snow and climate effects on alpine plant phenology. Our analysis showed high phenological variation among years, with one exceptionally early and late spring, namely 2011 and 2013. Overall, the timing of snowmelt and the beginning of plant growth were tightly linked irrespective of the elevation of the station. Snowmelt date was the best predictor of plant growth onset with air temperature after snowmelt modulating the plants' development rate. This multiple series of alpine plant phenology suggests that currently alpine plants are directly tracking climate change with no major photoperiod limitation.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 17%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 14 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 18 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 19%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 7%
Unspecified 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 18 31%
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