Response to Comment on “Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming”
Author(s) -
Florian Zellweger,
Pieter De Frenne,
Jonathan Lenoir,
Pieter Vangansbeke,
Kris Verheyen,
Markus BernhardtRömermann,
Lander Baeten,
Radim Hédl,
Imre Berki,
Jörg Brunet,
Hans Van Calster,
Markéta Chudomelová,
Guillaume Decocq,
Thomas Dirnböck,
Tomasz Durak,
Thilo Heinken,
Bogdan Jaroszewicz,
Martin Kopecký,
Frantíšek Máliš,
Martin Macek,
Marek Malicki,
Tobias Naaf,
Thomas A. Nagel,
Adrienne OrtmannAjkai,
Petr Petřík,
Remigiusz Pielech,
Kamila Reczyńska,
Wolfgang Schmidt,
Tibor Standovár,
Krzysztof Świerkosz,
Balázs Teleki,
Ondřej Vild,
Monika Wulf,
David A. Coomes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.abf2939
Subject(s) - microclimate , understory , canopy , environmental science , global warming , ecology , plant community , tree canopy , climate change , atmospheric sciences , biology , ecological succession , geology
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.
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