Reply to: Biogeographic implications of plant stature and microclimate in cold regions

0573906 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Büntgen, Ulf - Piermattei, A. - Doležal, Jiří - Dupree, P. - Crivellaro, A.
Reply to: Biogeographic implications of plant stature and microclimate in cold regions.
Communications Biology. Roč. 6, č. 1 (2023), č. článku 662. E-ISSN 2399-3642
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Keywords : wood * microclimate * root collar * woody
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany; Plant sciences, botany (BU-J)
Impact factor: 5.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05033-4

Reflecting on the data used, methods applied and results obtained1, we refute the five main issues raised by C. Körner et al.: (1) In situ, high-resolution meteorological surface air and particularly soil temperature measurements unfortunately do not exist for each individual site from where plant samples were collected or extrapolated. Nevertheless, we consider this theoretical limitation to be irrelevant for the ground-based detection and interpretation of large-scale biogeographic patterns, as previously done for the global treeline position.
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