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Oct 2026
Shrub canopies preserve climatic niche disparity among recruit species in Mediterranean drylands
Plant performance has a climatic optimum, especially during early establishment, and declines when conditions deviate from this optimum. However, shrubs can buffer unfavourable climatic conditions by creating more suitable microclimates beneath their canopies, facilitating the establishment of species with disp...
J. Margalef-Marrasé, F. Lloret, J. Alcántara et al.
· Journal of Ecology · 0 citations