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Romain Bertrand1, Jonathan Lenoir, Christian Piedallu
1AgroParisTech, ENGREF, UMR1092 Laboratoire d'Étude des Ressources Forêt-Bois (LERFoB), 14 rue Girardet, F-54000 Nancy, France. romain.bertrand@engref.agroparistech.fr
Nature
|October 21, 2011
Resumen
Las comunidades de plantas forestales en las tierras bajas muestran un retraso significativo en responder al cambio climático en comparación con las tierras altas. Esta inercia en los ecosistemas de tierras bajas puede conducir a la pérdida de biodiversidad en el futuro.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología Ecología Ecología.
- Cambio climático Biología Cambio climático Biología
- Botánica La botánica es la botánica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El cambio climático está causando que las especies cambien sus rangos a nivel mundial, creando nuevas comunidades ecológicas.
- Estudios anteriores han observado diferencias de tiempo entre las respuestas de las especies y el cambio climático, particularmente para las plantas y los animales.
- Los modelos teóricos sugieren que estos retrasos deberían ser más pronunciados en las zonas de tierras bajas debido a las mayores velocidades de cambio climático.
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