Compositional shifts in forest communities are known to not keep pace with climate change, which leads to accumulating ‘climatic debts’. We show that grassland communities in California are transforming rapidly, at a pace similar to that of climate warming and drying, and are paying off their climatic debts continuously.

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草原群落迅速响应气候变化以偿还气候债务


众所周知，森林群落的组成变化跟不上气候变化，这导致了“气候债务”的积累。我们表明，加利福尼亚的草原群落正在以类似于气候变暖和干燥的速度迅速转变，并且正在不断偿还气候债务。