caa a22 4500 477112188 CHVBK 20180405111612.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00029064 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00029064 The effects of soil warming on plant recruitment [Elektronische Daten] [Lindsey Thompson, Shahid Naeem] We demonstrate, using a simple field experiment, that soil warming is sufficient, independent of other cues, to potentially alter the recruitment of Betula pendula seedlings. This study suggests that changing temperature, and correlated changes in edaphic factors, can alter patterns in plant recruitment via differential effects on seed dormancy. Increased soil temperatures (of less than 5 °C) throughout the year led to a significant increase in the number of birch seedlings that emerged from soil samples collected in the spring. No concomitant changes in the emergence of other species was observed. Such temperature induced changes in seedbank dynamics and their subsequent effects on the competitive interactions within a plant community suggest far reaching ecological consequences of current increases in global temperature. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Betula pendula nationallicence community composition nationallicence seedbank nationallicence soil warming nationallicence Thompson Lindsey Imperial College at Silwood Park, NERC Centre for Population Biology, SL5 7PY, Ascot, Berks, UK aut Naeem Shahid Imperial College at Silwood Park, NERC Centre for Population Biology, SL5 7PY, Ascot, Berks, UK aut Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers; gopher://gopher.wkap.nl 182/2(1996-05-01), 339-343 0032-079X 182:2<339 1996 182 11104 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029064 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029064 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thompson Lindsey Imperial College at Silwood Park, NERC Centre for Population Biology, SL5 7PY, Ascot, Berks, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naeem Shahid Imperial College at Silwood Park, NERC Centre for Population Biology, SL5 7PY, Ascot, Berks, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers; gopher://gopher.wkap.nl/ 182/2(1996-05-01), 339-343 0032-079X 182:2<339 1996 182 11104 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer