Response to Comment by Schall & Heinrichs on “Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming”

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 c...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 370; no. 6522
Main Authors Zellweger, Florian, de Frenne, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan Roger Michel Henri, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Baeten, Lander, Hédl, Radim, Berki, Imre, Brunet, Jörg, van Calster, Hans, Chudomelová, Markéta, Decocq, Guillaume, Dirnböck, Thomas, Durak, Tomasz, Heinken, Thilo, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kopecký, Martin, Máliš, František, Macek, Martin, Malicki, Marek, Naaf, Tobias, Nagel, Thomas A, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Reczyńska, Kamila, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Standovár, Tibor, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Teleki, Balázs, Vild, Ondřej, Wulf, Monika, Coomes, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 10.12.2020
Subjects
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Ecology
Ecology, environment
Environmental Sciences
Global Changes
Life Sciences
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.abf2939