Beyond mean fitness: demographic stochasticity and resilience matter at tree species climatic edges
A. Guyennon, B. Reineking, R. Salguero-Gomez, J. Dahlgren, A. Lehtonen, S. Ratcliffe, P. Ruiz-Benito, M. A. Zavala, G. Kunstler
This study shows that demographic stochasticity and recovery capacity, not just mean fitness, influence tree species' distribution edges under climate change.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2022Ecology