Projected climate and land use changes drive plant community composition in agricultural wetlands
| dc.contributor.author | Owen, Rachel K. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Webb, Elisabeth B. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Haukos, David A. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Goyne, Keith W. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-25T15:29:56Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-25T15:29:56Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-07 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Playa wetlands in the Great Plains, USA support a wide variety of plant species not found elsewhere in this agriculturally-dominated region due to the ephemeral presence of standing water and hydric soils within playas. If longer dry periods occur due to climate change or if changes in surrounding land use alter sediment accumulation rates and water storage capacity in playas, plant communities could experience decreased diversity, with lasting effects on ecosystem services provided by playas in the Great Plains and at a continental-level in North America. We quantified potential changes in playa wetland plant community composition associated with predicted changes in precipitation and land use in the Great Plains through the end of the 21st century. We conducted two six-month greenhouse experiments mimicking field conditions using intact mesocosms collected from playas in Nebraska and Texas. In the precipitation experiment, treatments derived from historical precipitation observations and three future moderate emissions (CMIP5 RCP4.5) downscaled climate projections were applied to mesocosms. For the land use experiment, treatments were simulated by nitrogen (N) applications to soil ranging from 0 to 100 mg-N L-1 with each precipitation event under historical rainfall patterns, representing increasing and decreasing area in agricultural use in playa watersheds. Plant communities tended to shift toward more native species under projected future climate conditions, but as N runoff increased, native species richness decreased. Agricultural land-use surrounding playas may have a greater effect on wetland plant communities than future alterations to hydrology based on climate change in the Great Plains; thus, efforts to reduce nutrient runoff into playas would likely mitigate loss in ecosystem function in the coming decades. | en |
| dc.description.admin | Public domain – authored by a U.S. government employee | en |
| dc.description.notes | This research was part of the Missouri EPSCoR project, funded by the National Science Foundation under Award #IIA-1355406 and #IIA-1430427. Partial financial support was also provided by USDA-NIFA through Hatch funding (MO-HANR0007). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or USDA-NIFA. The Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation, the University of Missouri, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wildlife Management Institute. Any use of trade, firm or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This research would not have been possible without the assistance of Eric Simpson, Janith Chandrasoma, and Amanda Burnett. Finally, we would like to thank the School of Natural Resources Writing Workshop group for conceptual and technical edits which greatly improved the quality of this manuscript. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [IIA-1355406, IIA-1430427]; USDA-NIFAUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) [MO-HANR0007]; Missouri Department of Conservation; University of Missouri; U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceUS Fish & Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological SurveyUnited States Geological Survey; Wildlife Management Institute | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104039 | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-7307 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0098-8472 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | 104039 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102441 | en |
| dc.identifier.volume | 175 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Public Domain | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Climate change | en |
| dc.subject | dynamic wetlands | en |
| dc.subject | facultative wetland plants | en |
| dc.subject | hydrophytes | en |
| dc.subject | mesocosm | en |
| dc.subject | nutrient runoff | en |
| dc.subject | playas | en |
| dc.title | Projected climate and land use changes drive plant community composition in agricultural wetlands | en |
| dc.title.serial | Environmental and Experimental Botany | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | StillImage | en |
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