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Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity

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Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity. / Schnabel, Florian; Beugnon, Rémy; Yang, Bo et al.
In: Ecology Letters, Vol. 28, No. 3, e70096, 01.03.2025, p. 1-11.

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Harvard

Schnabel, F, Beugnon, R, Yang, B, Richter, R, Eisenhauer, N, Huang, Y, Liu, X, Wirth, C, Cesarz, S, Fichtner, A, Perles-García, MD, Hähn, G, Härdtle, W, Kunz, M, Castro-Izaguirre, N, Niklaus, PA, von Oheimb, G, Schmid, B, Trogisch, S, Wendisch, M, Ma, K & Bruelheide, H 2025, 'Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity', Ecology Letters, vol. 28, no. 3, e70096, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70096

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Schnabel, F., Beugnon, R., Yang, B., Richter, R., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., Liu, X., Wirth, C., Cesarz, S., Fichtner, A., Perles-García, M. D., Hähn, G., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Niklaus, P. A., von Oheimb, G., Schmid, B., Trogisch, S., ... Bruelheide, H. (2025). Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity. Ecology Letters, 28(3), 1-11. Article e70096. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70096

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Schnabel F, Beugnon R, Yang B, Richter R, Eisenhauer N, Huang Y et al. Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity. Ecology Letters. 2025 Mar 1;28(3):1-11. e70096. Epub 2025 Feb. doi: 10.1111/ele.70096

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title = "Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering via enhancing canopy density and structural diversity",
abstract = "Global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of climate extremes. Forests may buffer climate extremes by creating their own attenuated microclimate below their canopy, which maintains forest functioning and biodiversity. However, the effect of tree diversity on temperature buffering in forests is largely unexplored. Here, we show that tree species richness increases forest temperature buffering across temporal scales over six years in a large-scale tree diversity experiment covering a species richness gradient of 1 to 24 tree species. We found that species richness strengthened the cooling of hot and the insulation against cold daily and monthly air temperatures and temperature extremes. This buffering effect of tree species richness was mediated by enhanced canopy density and structural diversity in species-rich stands. Safeguarding and planting diverse forests may thus mitigate negative effects of global warming and climate extremes on below-canopy ecosystem functions and communities.",
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AU - Schnabel, Florian

AU - Beugnon, Rémy

AU - Yang, Bo

AU - Richter, Ronnie

AU - Eisenhauer, Nico

AU - Huang, Yuanyuan

AU - Liu, Xiaojuan

AU - Wirth, Christian

AU - Cesarz, Simone

AU - Fichtner, Andreas

AU - Perles-García, María Dolores

AU - Hähn, Georg

AU - Härdtle, Werner

AU - Kunz, Matthias

AU - Castro-Izaguirre, Nadia

AU - Niklaus, Pascal A.

AU - von Oheimb, Goddert

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - Trogisch, Stefan

AU - Wendisch, Manfred

AU - Ma, Keping

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

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N2 - Global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of climate extremes. Forests may buffer climate extremes by creating their own attenuated microclimate below their canopy, which maintains forest functioning and biodiversity. However, the effect of tree diversity on temperature buffering in forests is largely unexplored. Here, we show that tree species richness increases forest temperature buffering across temporal scales over six years in a large-scale tree diversity experiment covering a species richness gradient of 1 to 24 tree species. We found that species richness strengthened the cooling of hot and the insulation against cold daily and monthly air temperatures and temperature extremes. This buffering effect of tree species richness was mediated by enhanced canopy density and structural diversity in species-rich stands. Safeguarding and planting diverse forests may thus mitigate negative effects of global warming and climate extremes on below-canopy ecosystem functions and communities.

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