Effects of environmental heterogeneity on predictions of tree species' abundance in response to climate warming
We use a coupled modeling approach to predict tree species' distributions. We examine the effects of different environmental heterogeneities on predictions. Seed dispersal is an uncertainty source; competition reduces the uncertainty. For late-successional species, prediction uncertainties are comparatively low. For early-successional species, prediction uncertainties are comparatively high.
environmental heterogeneity climate warming seed dispersal forest landscape model interspecies competition landis