Forest canopies as nature‐based solutions to mitigate global change effects on people and nature

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 112; no. 11; pp. 2451 - 2461
• Main Authors: Verheyen, Kris, Gillerot, Loïc, Blondeel, Haben, De Frenne, Pieter, De Pauw, Karen, Depauw, Leen, Lorer, Eline, Sanczuk, Pieter, Schreel, Jeroen, Vanneste, Thomas, Wei, Liping, Landuyt, Dries
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2024
• Subjects: 3‐30‐300 rule; Air pollution; Biological invasions; Canopies; Canopy; Climate change; Community composition; Corrosion potential; Decoupling; Drought; forest canopy; forest ecology; Forest management; Forests; global change; global change ecology; Global warming; Invasive species; microclimate; nature‐based solutions; Optimization; Organisms; people; Plant cover; Plant species; Species composition; species diversity; trees

Via sheltering, decoupling and buffering mechanisms, tree canopies have the capacity to mitigate impacts of multiple global‐change drivers on below‐canopy processes and organisms in forests. As a result, canopies have an important potential as nature‐based solution. The optimal combinations of fores...