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Spatial representation of the buffering effects of the cushion-forming plant Azorella aretioides on temperature (Ecuador, 4700 m a.s.l.). (A) A. aretioides mitigates maximum temperature during the day; (B) A. aretioides increases minimum temperature at night (unpublished data; Thermographic System VarioCAM® hr—head 680/30 mm GigE).
