Aim: Species' climatic niches may be poorly predicted by regional climate estimates used in species distribution models (SDMs) due to microclimatic buffering of local conditions. Here, we compare SDMs generated using a locally validated below-canopy microclimate model to those based on interpolated weather station data at two spatial scales to determine the effects of scale, topography, and forest cover on potential future ground-level warming and species distributions. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2090 km2; NC, TN, USA) Time period: 1970 – 2006 Major taxa: Vascular plant species of the Southern Appalachians Methods: We compared the fit and predictions of SDMs generated using a database of plant occurrences and three c...
Aim Climate changes are anticipated to have pervasive negative effects on biodiversity a...
Graduation date: 2015Population trends and patterns in species distributions are the major currencie...
Our understanding of how species will respond to global change is still limited. Species distributio...
Aim: Species' climatic niches may be poorly predicted by regional climate estimates used in species ...
Abstract: Species distributions are conventionally modelled using coarse-grained macroclimate data m...
Climate is highly variable at scales that are not captured by most weather and climate models due to...
Over the last 15 years bioclimate models have been widely used to predict ecological responses to cl...
Recent studies suggest that species distribution models (SDMs) based on fine-scale climate data may ...
With over half of earth's terrestrial biota living beneath forest canopies, our ability to accuratel...
Landscape-driven microclimates in mountainous terrain pose significant obstacles to predicting the r...
Forests harbor considerable biodiversity and regulate climate. However, climate change is restructur...
Aim: We analyse how and why 'topoclimate' mapping methodologies improve on macroclimatic variables i...
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing plant species today. Other hu...
Climate change is threatening biota all over the world through dictating changes in species distribu...
Plant species have responded to recent increases in global temperatures by shifting their geographic...
Aim Climate changes are anticipated to have pervasive negative effects on biodiversity a...
Graduation date: 2015Population trends and patterns in species distributions are the major currencie...
Our understanding of how species will respond to global change is still limited. Species distributio...
Aim: Species' climatic niches may be poorly predicted by regional climate estimates used in species ...
Abstract: Species distributions are conventionally modelled using coarse-grained macroclimate data m...
Climate is highly variable at scales that are not captured by most weather and climate models due to...
Over the last 15 years bioclimate models have been widely used to predict ecological responses to cl...
Recent studies suggest that species distribution models (SDMs) based on fine-scale climate data may ...
With over half of earth's terrestrial biota living beneath forest canopies, our ability to accuratel...
Landscape-driven microclimates in mountainous terrain pose significant obstacles to predicting the r...
Forests harbor considerable biodiversity and regulate climate. However, climate change is restructur...
Aim: We analyse how and why 'topoclimate' mapping methodologies improve on macroclimatic variables i...
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing plant species today. Other hu...
Climate change is threatening biota all over the world through dictating changes in species distribu...
Plant species have responded to recent increases in global temperatures by shifting their geographic...
Aim Climate changes are anticipated to have pervasive negative effects on biodiversity a...
Graduation date: 2015Population trends and patterns in species distributions are the major currencie...
Our understanding of how species will respond to global change is still limited. Species distributio...