Disequilibrium vegetation dynamics under future climate change
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- 1 July 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Botany
- Vol. 100 (7), 1266-1286
- https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1200469
Abstract
• Premise of the study: Near-future climate changes are likely to elicit major vegetation changes. Disequilibrium dynamics, which occur when vegetation comes out of equilibrium with climate, are potentially a key facet of these. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for making accurate predictions, informing conservation planning, and understanding likely changes in ecosystem function on time scales relevant to society. However, many predictive studies have instead focused on equilibrium end-points with little consideration of the transient trajectories.Keywords
Funding Information
- H2020 European Research Council (310886)
- Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond
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