Microclimates at the land–air interface affect the physiological functioning of organisms which, in turn, influences the structure, composition, and functioning of ecosystems. We review how remote sensing technologies that deliver detailed data about the structure and thermal composition of environments are improving the assessment of microclimate over space and time. Mapping landscape-level heterogeneity of microclimate advances our ability to study how organisms respond to climate variation, which has important implications for understanding climate-change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems. Interpolating in situ microclimate measurements and downscaling macroclimate provides an organism-centered perspective for studying climate–species interactions and species distribution dynamics. We envisage that mapping of microclimate will soon become commonplace, enabling more reliable predictions of species and ecosystem responses to global change

Zellweger, F.; De Frenne, P.; Lenoir, J.; Rocchini, D.; Coomes, D. (2019). Advances in microclimate ecology arising from remote sensing. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 34 (4): 327-341. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.012 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/54465

Advances in microclimate ecology arising from remote sensing

Rocchini, D.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Microclimates at the land–air interface affect the physiological functioning of organisms which, in turn, influences the structure, composition, and functioning of ecosystems. We review how remote sensing technologies that deliver detailed data about the structure and thermal composition of environments are improving the assessment of microclimate over space and time. Mapping landscape-level heterogeneity of microclimate advances our ability to study how organisms respond to climate variation, which has important implications for understanding climate-change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems. Interpolating in situ microclimate measurements and downscaling macroclimate provides an organism-centered perspective for studying climate–species interactions and species distribution dynamics. We envisage that mapping of microclimate will soon become commonplace, enabling more reliable predictions of species and ecosystem responses to global change
Climate change
Plant communities
Air temperatures
Fine grain
Canopy
Lidar
Diversity
Models
Heterogeneity
Ecosystem
Settore BIO/03 - BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATA
2019
Zellweger, F.; De Frenne, P.; Lenoir, J.; Rocchini, D.; Coomes, D. (2019). Advances in microclimate ecology arising from remote sensing. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 34 (4): 327-341. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.012 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/54465
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