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Climate warming is causing a shift in biological communities in favor of warm-affinity species (i.e., thermophilization). Species responses often lag behind climate warming, but the reasons for such lags remain largely unknown. Here, we analyzed multidecadal understory microclimate dynamics in Europ ...

Aim Warming of the climate system is increasing the dominance of warm-adapted species, a process referred to as thermophilisation. In forests, adult trees in the forest canopy experience warmer daytime summer conditions than juveniles in the understorey, but they are less susceptible to warming. Th ...

Climate change is commonly assumed to induce species’ range shifts toward the poles. Yet, other environmental changes may affect the geographical distribution of species in unexpected ways. Here, we quantify multidecadal shifts in the distribution of European forest plants and link these shifts to k ...