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Article: Research results from Sichuan Agricultural University update knowledge of botany.
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- Global Warming Focus
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal Plant Species Biology, "The short-term effects of artificial warming on phenology, growth and leaf traits were investigated in four alpine shrubs using the open-top chamber (OTC) method in a timberline ecotone (3240 m a.s.l.) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. The OTC enhanced the mean air temperature by 2.9 degrees C throughout the growing season."
"In contrast, only a slight difference (0.4 degrees C) in the mean soil temperature was observed in the OTC compared with the control plots (CP). Spiraea mongolica, Potentilla fruticosa, Conicera hispida (deciduous shrubs) and Daphne retusa (evergreen shrub) showed ...
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