Process-explicit models reveal the structure and dynamics of biodiversity patterns

JA Pilowsky, RK Colwell, C Rahbek, DA Fordham - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
With ever-growing data availability and computational power at our disposal, we now have
the capacity to use process-explicit models more widely to reveal the ecological and …

The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States

JS Clark, L Iverson, CW Woodall, CD Allen… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize insights from current understanding of drought impacts at stand‐to‐
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …

Understanding climate change impacts on biome and plant distributions in the Andes: Challenges and opportunities

C Tovar, AF Carril, AG Gutiérrez… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change is expected to impact mountain biodiversity by shifting species ranges
and the biomes they shape. The extent and regional variation in these impacts are still …

Fine-grain modeling of species' response to climate change: holdouts, step**-stones, and microrefugia

L Hannah, L Flint, AD Syphard, MA Moritz… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
Microclimates have played a critical role in past species range shifts, suggesting that they
could be important in biological response to future change. Terms are needed to discuss …

Forest regeneration within Earth system models: current process representations and ways forward

AR Hanbury‐Brown, RE Ward, LM Kueppers - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Earth system models must predict forest responses to global change in order to simulate
future global climate, hydrology, and ecosystem dynamics. These models are increasingly …

Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models

I Maréchaux, F Langerwisch, A Huth… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains
challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across …

Towards a new generation of trait-flexible vegetation models

F Berzaghi, IJ Wright, K Kramer… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Plant trait variability, emerging from eco-evolutionary dynamics that range from alleles to
macroecological scales, is one of the most elusive, but possibly most consequential, aspects …

Using dynamic vegetation models to simulate plant range shifts

RS Snell, A Huth, JEMS Nabel, G Bocedi… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic vegetation models (DVMs) follow a process‐based approach to simulate plant
population demography, and have been used to address questions about disturbances …

Assessing the role of megafauna in tropical forest ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles–the potential of vegetation models

F Berzaghi, H Verbeeck, MR Nielsen, CE Doughty… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Megafauna (terrestrial vertebrate herbivores> 5 kg) can have disproportionate direct and
indirect effects on forest structure, function, and biogeochemical cycles. We reviewed the …

High rodent abundance increases seed removal but decreases scatter‐hoarding and seedling recruitment along an elevational gradient

F Yu, L Zhang, Y Wang, X Yi, S Zhang, J Ma… - Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The distributions of small rodents in mountainous environments across different elevations
can provide important information regarding the effects of climate change on the dispersal of …