Brunet, Jörg
- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewedOpen access
Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient
Plue, Jan; De Frenne, Pieter; Acharya, Kamal; Brunet, Jörg; Chabrerie, Olivier; Decocq, Guillaume; Diekmann, Martin; Graae, Bente J.; Heinken, Thilo; Hermy, Martin; Kolb, Annette; Lemke, Isgard; Liira, Jaan; Naaf, Tobias; Verheyen, Kris; Wulf, Monika; Cousins, Sara A O; Shevtsova, Anna
Abstract
Main conclusions Seed bank patterns show clear interspecific variation in response to climate across the distribution range. Not all seed banking species may be as well equipped to buffer climate change via their seed bank, notably in short-term persistent species. Since the buffering capacity of seed banks is key to species persistence, these results provide crucial information to advance climatic change predictions on range shifts, community and biodiversity responses.
Keywords
Climate change; interspecific variation; plant-climate interaction; seed longevity; seed production; temperate deciduous forest; temperature
Published in
Global Ecology and Biogeography
2013, volume: 22, number: 10, pages: 1106-1117
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
SLU Authors
Shevtsova, Anna
- Umeå University
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences
Botany
Climate Research
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12068
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50596