Life‐form diversity across temperate deciduous forests of Western Eurasia: A different story in the understory

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 48; no. 11; pp. 2932 - 2945
• Main Authors: Loidi, Javier, Chytrý, Milan, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, Alessi, Nicola, Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Čarni, Andraž, Fernández‐Pascual, Eduardo, Font Castell, Xavier, Gholizadeh, Hamid, Indreica, Adrian, Kavgacı, Ali, Knollová, Ilona, Naqinezhad, Alireza, Novák, Pavel, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Škvorc, Željko, Tsiripidis, Ioannis, Vassilev, Kiril, Marcenò, Corrado
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Alps region; biogeography; Climate models; Climate prediction; Climatic conditions; data collection; Deciduous forests; Elevation; Eurasia; Europe; Euxinian; forest diversity; Forest floor; forest litter; Forests; geographical distribution; Herbivores; Hyrcanian; life form; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Plant species; Plants; Redundancy; shrub layer; shrubs; Species richness; Statistical models; Temperate forests; temperature; Temperature gradients; Topography; tree layer; Trees; Understory; variance; Variance analysis; Eurasia; Alps region

Aim To analyse the biogeographic patterns of Temperate Deciduous Forests (TDFs) in Western Eurasia based on different life‐forms and forests layers and explore their relationships with the current climate, Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate and topography. Location Western Eurasia. Taxon Vascular pl...