Assessing community and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change - toward a more comparative approach

摘要

Plant communities can vary widely in their sensitivity to changing precipitation regimes, as reported by Byrne etal., Mulhouse etal. and Sternberg etal. in this issue of Journal of Vegetation Science. But to understand why communities differ in their sensitivity, we argue that clearly defined metrics of sensitivity and coordinated research approaches are needed to elucidate mechanisms.