Brunet, Jörg
- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewedOpen access
Wasof, Safaa; Lenoir, Jonathan; Gallet-Moron, Emilie; Jamoneau, Aurélien; Brunet, Jörg; Cousins, S A O; De Frenne, Pieter; Diekmann, M.; Hermy, Martin; Kolb, Anette; Liira, Jaan; Verheyen, K; Wulf, Monika; Decocq, Guillaume
Main conclusions Forest understorey plants shifted their realized niche along the latitudinal gradient, suggesting local adaptation and/or plasticity. This macroecological pattern casts doubt on the idea that the realized niche is stable in space and time, which is a key assumption of species distribution models used to predict the future of biodiversity, hence raising concern about predicted extinction rates.
Beta diversity; climate change; detrended correspondence analyses; Ellenberg indicator values; forest understorey plant species; niche optimum; niche width; plant community; realized niche
Global Ecology and Biogeography
2013, Volume: 22, number: 10, pages: 1130-1140
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
SDG15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
SDG13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Botany
Ecology
Climate Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12073
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50598