TY - JOUR

T1 - Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography

AU - Kemppinen, Julia

AU - Lembrechts, Jonas J.

AU - Van Meerbeek, Koenraad

AU - Carnicer, Jofre

AU - Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle

AU - Kardol, Paul

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Liu, Daijun

AU - Maclean, Ilya

AU - Pergl, Jan

AU - Saccone, Patrick

AU - Senior, Rebecca A.

AU - Shen, Ting

AU - Słowińska, Sandra

AU - Vandvik, Vigdis

AU - von Oppen, Jonathan

AU - Aalto, Juha

AU - Ayalew, Biruk

AU - Bates, Olivia

AU - Bertelsmeier, Cleo

AU - Bertrand, Romain

AU - Beugnon, Rémy

AU - Borderieux, Jeremy

AU - Brůna, Josef

AU - Buckley, Lauren

AU - Bujan, Jelena

AU - Casanova-Katny, Angelica

AU - Christiansen, Ditte Marie

AU - Collart, Flavien

AU - De Lombaerde, Emiel

AU - De Pauw, Karen

AU - Depauw, Leen

AU - Di Musciano, Michele

AU - Díaz Borrego, Raquel

AU - Díaz-Calafat, Joan

AU - Ellis-Soto, Diego

AU - Esteban, Raquel

AU - de Jong, Geerte Fälthammar

AU - Gallois, Elise

AU - Garcia, Maria Begoña

AU - Gillerot, Loïc

AU - Greiser, Caroline

AU - Gril, Eva

AU - Haesen, Stef

AU - Hampe, Arndt

AU - Hedwall, Per Ola

AU - Hes, Gabriel

AU - Hespanhol, Helena

AU - Hoffrén, Raúl

AU - Hylander, Kristoffer

AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja

AU - Jucker, Tommaso

AU - Klinges, David

AU - Kolstela, Joonas

AU - Kopecký, Martin

AU - Kovács, Bence

AU - Maeda, Eduardo Eiji

AU - Máliš, František

AU - Man, Matěj

AU - Mathiak, Corrie

AU - Meineri, Eric

AU - Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona

AU - Nijs, Ivan

AU - Normand, Signe

AU - Nuñez, Martin

AU - Orczewska, Anna

AU - Peña-Aguilera, Pablo

AU - Pincebourde, Sylvain

AU - Plichta, Roman

AU - Quick, Susan

AU - Renault, David

AU - Ricci, Lorenzo

AU - Rissanen, Tuuli

AU - Segura-Hernández, Laura

AU - Selvi, Federico

AU - Serra-Diaz, Josep M.

AU - Soifer, Lydia

AU - Spicher, Fabien

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - Tamian, Anouch

AU - Thomaes, Arno

AU - Thoonen, Marijke

AU - Trew, Brittany

AU - Van de Vondel, Stijn

AU - van den Brink, Liesbeth

AU - Vangansbeke, Pieter

AU - Verdonck, Sanne

AU - Vitkova, Michaela

AU - Vives-Ingla, Maria

AU - von Schmalensee, Loke

AU - Wang, Runxi

AU - Wild, Jan

AU - Williamson, Joseph

AU - Zellweger, Florian

AU - Zhou, Xiaqu

AU - Zuza, Emmanuel Junior

AU - De Frenne, Pieter

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why are they important?: Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography in terrestrial ecosystems, and where this field is heading next. Microclimate investigations in ecology and biogeography: We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimates and organisms, including how microclimates influence individuals, and through them populations, communities and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimates from the tropics to the poles. Microclimate applications in ecosystem management: Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. Methods for microclimate science: We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state-of-the-art of the field. What's next?: We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate investigations, applications and methods. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management.

AB - Brief introduction: What are microclimates and why are they important?: Microclimate science has developed into a global discipline. Microclimate science is increasingly used to understand and mitigate climate and biodiversity shifts. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of microclimate ecology and biogeography in terrestrial ecosystems, and where this field is heading next. Microclimate investigations in ecology and biogeography: We highlight the latest research on interactions between microclimates and organisms, including how microclimates influence individuals, and through them populations, communities and entire ecosystems and their processes. We also briefly discuss recent research on how organisms shape microclimates from the tropics to the poles. Microclimate applications in ecosystem management: Microclimates are also important in ecosystem management under climate change. We showcase new research in microclimate management with examples from biodiversity conservation, forestry and urban ecology. We discuss the importance of microrefugia in conservation and how to promote microclimate heterogeneity. Methods for microclimate science: We showcase the recent advances in data acquisition, such as novel field sensors and remote sensing methods. We discuss microclimate modelling, mapping and data processing, including accessibility of modelling tools, advantages of mechanistic and statistical modelling and solutions for computational challenges that have pushed the state-of-the-art of the field. What's next?: We identify major knowledge gaps that need to be filled for further advancing microclimate investigations, applications and methods. These gaps include spatiotemporal scaling of microclimate data, mismatches between macroclimate and microclimate in predicting responses of organisms to climate change, and the need for more evidence on the outcomes of microclimate management.

KW - animal ecology

KW - biodiversity

KW - biogeography

KW - climate change

KW - data acquisition

KW - ecosystem management

KW - microclimate

KW - modelling

KW - plant ecology

KW - animal ecology

KW - biodiversity

KW - biogeography

KW - climate change

KW - data acquisition

KW - ecosystem management

KW - microclimate

KW - modelling

KW - plant ecology

U2 - 10.1111/geb.13834

DO - 10.1111/geb.13834

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85190431438

VL - 33

JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography

JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography

SN - 1466-822X

IS - 6

M1 - e13834

ER -