Lagged climate-driven range shifts at species' leading, but not trailing, range edges revealed by multispecies seed addition experiment
K. J. A. Goodwin, N. I. Chardon, K. Pradhan, J. Hille Ris Lambers, A. L. Angert
The paper uses a seed addition experiment to test lagged climate responses and microclimatic buffering in plant range shifts, finding support for lagged responses over microclimatic buffering.
bioRxiv · Oct 25, 2023Ecology