Response to Comment 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 in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2020-12, Vol.370 (6522)
Main Authors: Zellweger, Florian, De Frenne, Pieter, Lenoir, Jonathan, 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: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate Research
Forest Science
Forests
Klimatforskning
Microclimate
Plants
Skogsvetenskap
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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
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.abf2939