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Temperature-driven vapor pressure deficit structures forest bryophyte communities across the landscape
Anna Růžičková
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Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic
Matěj Man
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic
Martin Macek
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, Průhonice, 252 43, Czech Republic
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Evaporative stress, represented by a vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a key driver of plant ecology in terrestrial biomes. In this study, we disentangled the processes controlling VPD variability across a topographically diverse landscape, explored VPD role in bryophyte community assembly, and separated VPD effects from correlated maximum air temperature. We found that microclimate temperature-driven VPD controls community composition and richness of bryophyte assemblages in temperate forests.
Evaporative stress, represented by a vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a key driver of plant...
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