{"id":3048,"date":"2014-09-23T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2014-09-24T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:22:55","slug":"how-will-climate-change-affect-sugar-maples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/how-will-climate-change-affect-sugar-maples\/","title":{"rendered":"How will climate change affect sugar maples?<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3049\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMGP0935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3049\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3049\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMGP0935.jpg\" alt=\"As the climate changes, tree ranges are expected to change with it, but a new experiment with sugar maple seedlings shows that other factors - like soil conditions or seed predation - will play a big role. (Photo credit: Carissa Brown)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMGP0935.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMGP0935-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the climate changes, tree ranges are expected to change with it, but a new experiment with sugar maple seedlings shows that other factors &#8211; like soil conditions or seed predation &#8211; will play a big role. (Photo credit: Carissa Brown)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A changing climate means trees will grow in new places, but an experiment with sugar maples shows that other factors &#8211; such as soil conditions or seed predation &#8211; need to be taken into account as well.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers grew maple seedlings on the slopes of a Quebec mountain where climate conditions are more favourable for the trees at the bottom than at the top. To test the effect of soil conditions, they also transported soil from the upper reaches &#8211; where maples don\u2019t grow &#8211; to the lower reaches and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>They found that even with favourable climate conditions, maples don\u2019t grow well in soil from higher up the mountain, possibly because of a lack of the soil organisms the trees need. They also found that in the higher reaches, seed predation by small mammals limited the ability of sugar maple to expand its range.<\/p>\n<p>The results suggest that factors such as soil condition and seed predation can cause a time lag in trees colonizing new areas under a changing climate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/lookup\/doi\/10.1098\/rspb.2014.1779\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<strong>September 23, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Carissa Brown, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A changing climate means trees will grow in new places, but an experiment with sugar maples shows that other factors &#8211; such as soil conditions or seed predation &#8211; need to be taken into account as well. 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