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Soil thermal buffer and regeneration niche may favour calcareous fen resilience to climate change

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FERNÁNDEZ-PASCUAL Eduardo JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ Francisco De Borja HÁJEK Michal DÍAZ Tomás E PRITCHARD Hugh W

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Folia Geobotanica
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-015-9223-y
Field Botany
Keywords azonal plant communities; Cyperaceae; microclimate; mire ecology; plant-climate interactions; seed germination; niche breadth
Description Our results suggest that the soil thermal buffer allows fen species to escape frost temperatures in winter, but also high summer temperatures in warm regions, explaining their wide distribution ranges. The warm regeneration niche does not match the cooler soils, but shows variability and potential for adaptation. While these findings support resilience to climate warming, changes in precipitation rather than temperature seem to be the main threat for fen persistence.
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