Macroclimate data overestimate range shifts of plants in response to climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01650-3
The authors model historic and current distributions of grassland and heathland plants using both macro- and microclimate data. While macroclimate models predict the need for major range shifts (14 km median), microclimate models predict much smaller shifts that more closely match observed patterns.
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