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Climate on the broad scale, across hundreds of kilometers, brings about the broadscale distribution of vegetation types (Chapters 1 and 2). However, even looking at the world much more locally, we see that there are also very substantial differences in the average climate. For example, a south-facing slope has a different climate from a north-facing one. The year-round temperature and rainfall conditions under a tree will be different from those just a few meters away in the open. The temperature right at the soil surface is different from the temperature a few centimeters under the surface.
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Adams, J. (2010). Microclimates and vegetation. In: Vegetation—Climate Interaction. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00881-8_4
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