Emerging palaeoecological frameworks for elucidating plant dynamics in response to fire and other disturbance

作者：Joseph D. Napier, M. L. Chipman · 发表于：Global Ecology and Biogeography · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1111/geb.13416 · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Fire effects on ecosystems、Geology and Paleoclimatology Research、Tree-ring climate responses

Abstract Motivation Rapid climate change is altering plant communities around the globe fundamentally. Despite progress in understanding how plants respond to these climate shifts, accumulating evidence suggests that disturbance could not only modify expected plant responses but, in some cases, have larger impacts on compositional shifts than climate change. Climate‐driven disturbances are becoming increasingly common in many biomes and are key drivers of vegetation dynamics at both species and community levels. Palaeoecological records provide valuable observational windows for elucidating the long‐term impacts of these disturbances on plant dynamics; however, sparse resolution and difficulty in disentangling drivers of change limit our ability to understand the impact of disturbance on plant communities. In this targeted review, we highlight emerging opportunities in palaeoecology to advance our understanding about how disturbance, especially fire, impacts the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of terrestrial plant communities. Location Global examples, with many from North America. Conclusions We propose a set of palaeoecological and integrative approaches that could greatly enhance our understanding of how disturbance regimes influence global plant dynamics. Specifically, we identify four future study areas: (1) focus on palaeoecological disturbance proxies beyond fire and leverage multi proxy research to examine the influence of interacting disturbances on plant commun...