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Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

De Frenne, Pieter, Zellweger, Florian, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco, Scheffers, Brett R., Hylander, Kristoffer, Luoto, Miska, Vellend, Mark, Verheyen, Kris, Lenoir, Jonathan·2019·Nature Ecology & Evolution
DOI 10.1038/s41559-019-0842-1
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Macroclimate warming is often assumed to occur within forests despite the potential for tree cover to modify microclimates. Here, using paired measurements, we compared the temperatures under the canopy versus in the open at 98 sites across 5 continents. We show that forests function as a thermal insulator, cooling the understory when ambient temperatures are hot and warming the understory when ambient temperatures are cold. The understory versus open temperature offset is magnified as temperatures become more extreme and is of greater magnitude than the warming of land temperatures over the past century. Tree canopies may thus reduce the severity of warming impacts on forest biodiversity and functioning.

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De Frenne, P., Zellweger, F., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Scheffers, B. R., Hylander, K., Luoto, M., Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., & Lenoir, J.
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De Frenne, Pieter
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Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-04-01
Volume
3
Issue
5
Pages
744-749
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2397-334X
DOI
10.1038/s41559-019-0842-1
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