Abstract As climate change advances, there is a need to examine conditions at scales that are ecologically relevant species. While microclimates in forested systems have been extensively studied, grasslands received little attention despite the vulnerability of this endangered biome. We employed novel combination iButton temperature and humidity measurements, fine-scale spatial observations veg...

We compared the distribution of sympatric Ixodes scapularis Say and Amblyomma americanum (L.) within several suitable forested habitats at different spatial scales and characterized differences in microhabitat features accounting for the observed distribution of questing ticks. We used automatic data loggers placed in the shrub and litter layers to contrast mesoclimate and microclimate conditio...

Vulnerability of mountain ecosystems to climate change depends on the capacity topographic variation provide heterogeneous microclimates and rates climatic change. Accurate methods are therefore needed assess at spatial resolutions relevant ecological responses environmental management. Here, we evaluate a mechanistic microclimate model (30 m resolution; Microclima) mesoclimate data (1 km; CHEL...

Karst dolines, as geomorphologically diverse natural landforms, usually exhibit more or less steep microclimatic gradients that provide a mosaic of microhabitat conditions, resulting in high diversity soil biota with numerous rare endemic and/or relict species occupying these habitats. In this study, we investigated the spatial patterns Collembola abundance, richness, community structure and di...