NidhiVinod
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2 years ago This is because of loss of canopy buffering which leads to an increase in understory T_air and thermophilization. I see that I haven’t specified that which is probably confusing
On Sep 30, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @.***> wrote:
@NidhiVinod https://github.com/NidhiVinod , I'm not sure if this is because the understory is more strongly affected by warming, or whether its just because turnover is higher there:
In the understory, warming is disproportionately affecting the less thermally-adapted plant species, resulting in associated plant community thermophilization @.***; @duqueThermophilizationAdultJuvenile2015; @greiserHidingClimateCharacterizing2019].
In any case, we want to figure this out and adjust the language as appropriate.
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teixeirak
@NidhiVinod , I'm not sure if this is because the understory is more strongly affected by warming, or whether its just because turnover is higher there:
In the understory, warming is disproportionately affecting the less thermally-adapted plant species, resulting in associated plant community thermophilization [@zellwegerForestMicroclimateDynamics2020; @duqueThermophilizationAdultJuvenile2015; @greiserHidingClimateCharacterizing2019].
In any case, we want to figure this out and adjust the language as appropriate.