Ecological niche shifts of understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient of temperate forests in north-western Europe KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
Aim In response to environmental changes and to avoid extinction, species may either track suitable environmental conditions or adapt to the modified environment. However, whether and how species adapt to environmental changes remains unclear. By focusing on the realized niche (i.e. the actual space that a species inhabits and the resources it can access as a result of limiting biotic factors present in its habitat), we here examine shifts in ...