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Response to Comment on "Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming".

Authors :
Zellweger F
De Frenne P
Lenoir J
Vangansbeke P
Verheyen K
Bernhardt-Römermann M
Baeten L
Hédl R
Berki I
Brunet J
Van Calster H
Chudomelová M
Decocq G
Dirnböck T
Durak T
Heinken T
Jaroszewicz B
Kopecký M
Máliš F
Macek M
Malicki M
Naaf T
Nagel TA
Ortmann-Ajkai A
Petřík P
Pielech R
Reczyńska K
Schmidt W
Standovár T
Świerkosz K
Teleki B
Vild O
Wulf M
Coomes D
Source :
Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2020 Dec 11; Vol. 370 (6522).
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Schall and Heinrichs question our interpretation that the climatic debt in understory plant communities is locally modulated by canopy buffering. However, our results clearly show that the discrepancy between microclimate warming rates and thermophilization rates is highest in forests where canopy cover was reduced, which suggests that the need for communities to respond to warming is highest in those forests.<br /> (Copyright © 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)

Subjects

Subjects :
Plants
Forests
Microclimate

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1095-9203
Volume :
370
Issue :
6522
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Science (New York, N.Y.)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33303585
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf2939