Can biocrust moss hide from climate change? Fine‐scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in <i>Syntrichia caninervis</i>
Fine-scale habitat structure appears physiologically more protective than high-elevation macroclimate and may protect some biocrust mosses from the brunt of climate change in widespread microrefugia throughout their current ranges. Our findings support a scale-focused vulnerability paradigm: microrefugia may be more important than macrorefugia for bolstering biocrust moss resistance to summer climate stress.
Authors
- Theresa A. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-2600)
- Daniel E. Stanton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-9328)
- Joshua L. Greenwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-5308)
- D. A. Devitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-9489)
- Lloyd R. Stark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5012-0014)
- Alexander Russell
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16464
- Primary Topic
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas