The interior climate and its microclimatic variation of temperate forests in Northern Patagonia, Argentina.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge on mesoclimatic zonation and microclimatic variations within mountain forest ecosystems is crucial for understanding regional species turnover and effects of climate change on these systems. The temperate mountain forests in the Andean region of South America are among the largest and contiguous natural deciduous forest areas in the world. Due to their pronounced disturbance regime and different successional stages, a climatic zonation combined with the characterisation of its microclimatic variation is important to identify thresholds of species occurrences.We used micro-loggers to measure air temperature and relative humidity for one year at 40 measurement locations along longitudinal and elevation gradients in mountain forests in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Our results unve

SUBMITTER: Simon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963443 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature