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Oct 2026
Environmental correlates of understory plant diversity and distribution in a temperate climate-change refugium
Aim Regional climate-change refugia – areas where abiotic conditions related to hydrology and topography sustain unique plant communities despite an otherwise unsuitable regional macroclimate – have been essential for maintaining biodiversity through past climatic transitions. At fine spatial scales, regional refugia c...
Bailey H. McNichol, Cheryl D. Dunn, Drew Granville et al.
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