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Climatic control of forest herb seed banks along a latitudinal gradient

  • Jan Plue
  • , Pieter De Frenne
  • , Kamal Acharya
  • , Jörg Brunet
  • , Olivier Chabrerie
  • , Guillaume Decocq
  • , Martin Diekmann
  • , Bente J. Graae
  • , Thilo Heinken
  • , Martin Hermy
  • , Annette Kolb
  • , Isgard Lemke
  • , Jaan Liira
  • , Tobias Naaf
  • , Kris Verheyen
  • , Monika Wulf
  • , Sara A O Cousins
  • , Anna Shevtsova

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Abstract

Main conclusions Seed bank patterns show clear interspecific variation in response to climate across the distribution range. Not all seed banking species may be as well equipped to buffer climate change via their seed bank, notably in short-term persistent species. Since the buffering capacity of seed banks is key to species persistence, these results provide crucial information to advance climatic change predictions on range shifts, community and biodiversity responses.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1106-1117
Number of pages12
JournalGlobal Ecology and Biogeography
Volume22
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

  • Climate change
  • interspecific variation
  • plant-climate interaction
  • seed longevity
  • seed production
  • temperate deciduous forest
  • temperature

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