Ecological constraints increase the climatic debt in forests
Many species show a time-lagged response to climate change, a phenomenon called climatic debt. Here, Bertrand and colleagues show that climate severity and plant tolerance to climate warming mainly influence the climatic debt of forest herbaceous plant communities.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12643 |