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The 90 ways to describe plant temperature

Körner, Christian and Hiltbrunner, Erika. (2018) The 90 ways to describe plant temperature. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 30. pp. 16-21.

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Abstract

What seems like a trivial task is one of the most difficult ones in functional plant ecology and biogeography: selecting the appropriate measures of temperature for an ecologically meaningful description of habitat conditions and for a mechanistic understanding of responses of plants. The difficulty becomes even more severe at elevations above the climatic tree limit, where plant stature, topography and seasonal snow cover interact in producing temperature conditions that largely deviate from weather station records. Temporal resolution and the distinction between extremes and means for biogeographic applications are emphasized. We summarize the key issues in handling temperature as a driver of plant life in general and in high elevation ecosystems in particular. Future directions in plant-temperature research at high elevation need to resolve the thermal species range limit issues (identify the fundamental temperature niche) and the complex controls of plant development (phenology) in a topography context.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Physiological Plant Ecology (Kahmen)
UniBasel Contributors:Körner, Christian and Hiltbrunner, Erika
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1433-8319
e-ISSN:1618-0437
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:13 Jun 2018 09:36
Deposited On:13 Jun 2018 09:36

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