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microrefugia — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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microrefugia

Scope: landscape

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 70 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on microrefugia with 70 nodes and 142 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects, Two-form Bumble Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee, Golden-belted Bumble Bee.

Definition

Microhabitats that allow populations or formerly widespread species to persist locally through periods of inhospitable regional environments

Related Terms (3)

refugiaclimate refugiamicrorefugia

Publications (4)

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

2023Ecological Monographs

How does incorporating microclimate data into ecological niche models change our estimates of the climatic niche of vascular plant species?

Small spaces, big impacts: contributions of micro-environmental variation to population persistence under climate change

Predictors and Strength of Microclimate Buffering in the Gunnison Valley

Related Concepts (10)

microclimate

phenomenon2 shared papers

climatological variability

phenomenon1 shared paper

local adaptation

process1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

phenomenon1 shared paper

ectotherm

theory1 shared paper

climate change

phenomenon1 shared paper

environmental heterogeneity hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

range shifts

phenomenon1 shared paper

extreme climatic events

phenomenon1 shared paper

ecosystem services

framework1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae2 papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae2 papers

Pekania pennanti

Mustelidae2 papers

native plants

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophilidae2 papers

Festuca thurberi

Mimulus guttatus

Phrymaceae1 paper

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae1 paper

Marmota marmota

Sciuridae1 paper