A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests
Logging and habitat fragmentation impact tropical forest ecosystems in numerous ways, perhaps the most striking of which is by altering the temperature, humidity, and light environment of the forest—its microclimate. Because local-scale microclimatic conditions directly influence the physiology, dem...
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| author | Tommaso Jucker Tobias D. Jackson Florian Zellweger Florian Zellweger Tom Swinfield Nichar Gregory Joseph Williamson Eleanor M. Slade Josie W. Phillips Paulo R. L. Bittencourt Benjamin Blonder Benjamin Blonder Michael J. W. Boyle M. D. Farnon Ellwood David Hemprich-Bennett Owen T. Lewis Radim Matula Rebecca A. Senior Alexander Shenkin Martin Svátek David A. Coomes |
| author_facet | Tommaso Jucker Tobias D. Jackson Florian Zellweger Florian Zellweger Tom Swinfield Nichar Gregory Joseph Williamson Eleanor M. Slade Josie W. Phillips Paulo R. L. Bittencourt Benjamin Blonder Benjamin Blonder Michael J. W. Boyle M. D. Farnon Ellwood David Hemprich-Bennett Owen T. Lewis Radim Matula Rebecca A. Senior Alexander Shenkin Martin Svátek David A. Coomes |
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| description | Logging and habitat fragmentation impact tropical forest ecosystems in numerous ways, perhaps the most striking of which is by altering the temperature, humidity, and light environment of the forest—its microclimate. Because local-scale microclimatic conditions directly influence the physiology, demography and behavior of most species, many of the impacts of land-use intensification on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of tropical forests have been attributed to changes in microclimate. However, the actual pathways through which altered microclimatic conditions reshape the ecology of these human-modified ecosystems remain largely unexplored. To bridge this knowledge gap, here we outline an agenda for future microclimate research in human-modified tropical ecosystems. We focus specifically on three main themes: the role of microclimate in shaping (i) species distributions, (ii) species interactions, and (iii) ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. In doing so we aim to highlight how a renewed focus on microclimate can help us not only better understand the ecology of human-modified tropical ecosystems, but also guide efforts to manage and protect them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0a8ae2b4d74498b8b1c17fd389c41082022-12-22T01:35:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Forests and Global Change2624-893X2020-01-01210.3389/ffgc.2019.00092499168A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical ForestsTommaso Jucker0Tobias D. Jackson1Florian Zellweger2Florian Zellweger3Tom Swinfield4Nichar Gregory5Joseph Williamson6Eleanor M. Slade7Josie W. Phillips8Paulo R. L. Bittencourt9Benjamin Blonder10Benjamin Blonder11Michael J. W. Boyle12M. D. Farnon Ellwood13David Hemprich-Bennett14Owen T. Lewis15Radim Matula16Rebecca A. Senior17Alexander Shenkin18Martin Svátek19David A. Coomes20School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomForest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomForest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, SwitzerlandForest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United KingdomSchool of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United KingdomAsian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, SingaporeCentre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United KingdomCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States0Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United KingdomCentre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom1Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom1Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia3Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States0Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom4Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, CzechiaForest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomLogging and habitat fragmentation impact tropical forest ecosystems in numerous ways, perhaps the most striking of which is by altering the temperature, humidity, and light environment of the forest—its microclimate. Because local-scale microclimatic conditions directly influence the physiology, demography and behavior of most species, many of the impacts of land-use intensification on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of tropical forests have been attributed to changes in microclimate. However, the actual pathways through which altered microclimatic conditions reshape the ecology of these human-modified ecosystems remain largely unexplored. To bridge this knowledge gap, here we outline an agenda for future microclimate research in human-modified tropical ecosystems. We focus specifically on three main themes: the role of microclimate in shaping (i) species distributions, (ii) species interactions, and (iii) ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. In doing so we aim to highlight how a renewed focus on microclimate can help us not only better understand the ecology of human-modified tropical ecosystems, but also guide efforts to manage and protect them.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00092/fullecosystem functioninghabitat loss and fragmentationloggingmicrorefugiaremote sensingspecies distribution modeling |
| spellingShingle | Tommaso Jucker Tobias D. Jackson Florian Zellweger Florian Zellweger Tom Swinfield Nichar Gregory Joseph Williamson Eleanor M. Slade Josie W. Phillips Paulo R. L. Bittencourt Benjamin Blonder Benjamin Blonder Michael J. W. Boyle M. D. Farnon Ellwood David Hemprich-Bennett Owen T. Lewis Radim Matula Rebecca A. Senior Alexander Shenkin Martin Svátek David A. Coomes A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests Frontiers in Forests and Global Change ecosystem functioning habitat loss and fragmentation logging microrefugia remote sensing species distribution modeling |
| title | A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests |
| title_full | A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests |
| title_fullStr | A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests |
| title_short | A Research Agenda for Microclimate Ecology in Human-Modified Tropical Forests |
| title_sort | research agenda for microclimate ecology in human modified tropical forests |
| topic | ecosystem functioning habitat loss and fragmentation logging microrefugia remote sensing species distribution modeling |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00092/full |
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