We need more realistic climate change experiments for understanding ecosystems of the future

Experiments that alter local climate and measure community‐ and ecosystem‐level responses are an important tool for understanding how future ecosystems will respond to climate change. Here, we synthesized data from 76 studies that manipulated climate and measured plant community responses, and found...

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Published inGlobal change biology Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 325 - 327
Main Authors Korell, Lotte, Auge, Harald, Chase, Jonathan M., Harpole, Stanley, Knight, Tiffany M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2020
Subjects
Biodiversity
Climate Change
climate change experiments
climate projections
Ecosystem
ecosystem functioning
Ecosystems
Environmental changes
Experiments
Forecasting
global circulation models
Plant communities
Plants
terrestrial ecosystems
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
climate change experiments
global circulation models
terrestrial ecosystems
climate projections
climate change
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Summary:Experiments that alter local climate and measure community‐ and ecosystem‐level responses are an important tool for understanding how future ecosystems will respond to climate change. Here, we synthesized data from 76 studies that manipulated climate and measured plant community responses, and found that most climate change experiments do not correspond to model‐projected climate scenarios for their respective regions. This mismatch constrains our ability to predict responses of plant biodiversity and ecosystem functions to climate change, and we conclude with suggestions for a way forward. See also the Commentary on this article by Muller et al., 26, e4–e5 and De Boeck et al.,26, e6–e7.
Bibliography:Muller et al., 26, e4–e5
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See also the Commentary on this article by
De Boeck et al.,26, e6–e7
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ISSN:1354-1013
1365-2486
DOI:10.1111/gcb.14797