Measuring Plant Responses to Climate Change

Prepare: Measuring how plants respond to human related environmental changes is critical in developing mitigation plans and managing our natural resources, including habitats and timber.

Review: View the following videos and websites to learn about some experimental methods that help researchers learn about the effects of climate change on plant populations.

Write: Your initial post should be between 250-300 words.

• Everyone: Explain how rising temperatures and changes in precipitation can affect plant populations and whether populations can adapt to these rapid changes. Provide two examples of specific plant species and how they are expected to respond to climate change. Reference two scholarly or credible sources, plus your textbook to develop your post and examples.

review the video on a study using citizen scientists to track the flowering phenology of the California Poppy in response to changing season lengths and precipitation. Summarize the key points of the field experiment and explain the methods and rational for the experimental approach. (Please note that this video ends after 2:04 minutes but rolls into another video on a different subject that you do not need for this class.)

• This is How Plants Respond to Climate Change (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

ATTACHED ARE THE CHAPTERS AND RESOURCES FOR THIS WEEK. NOT SURE IF YOU WILL NEED THEM BUT THEY ARE THERE FOR YOU TO USE. MAKE SURE IT IS ON TIME SO IF THERE IS A REVISION NEEDED THERE IS TIME FOR IT. MAKE SURE TO USE THE TXT BOOK AND 2 OTHER RESOURCES FOR A TOTAL OF 3. MAKE SURE TO USE 2 EXAMPLES of specific plant species and how they are expected to respond to climate change.