Environmental correlates of understory plant diversity and distribution in a temperate climate-change refugium
Bailey H. McNichol, Cheryl D. Dunn, Drew Granville, Lillian Hoffart, Brittni McGuire, Abigail Ridder, Ran Wang, Sabrina E. Russo
The paper examines how microrefugia in a temperate climate-change refugium influence understory plant diversity and distribution, finding that topography and microclimate shape species richness and composition across functional groups.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2026 · PreprintEcology