Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

The alpine belt hosts the treeless vegetation above the high elevation climatic treeline. The
way alpine plants manage to thrive in a climate that prevents tree growth is through small …

Global biodiversity is in decline. This is of concern for aesthetic and ethical reasons, but
possibly also for practical reasons, as suggested by experimental studies, mostly with plants …

Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term
studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to …

Studies have documented climate change–induced shifts in species distributions but
uncertainties associated with data and methods are typically unexplored. We reviewed 240 …

Climate change is intensifying the hydrologic cycle and is expected to increase the
frequency of extreme wet and dry years. Beyond precipitation amount, extreme wet and dry …

In as much as the elevation gradient in species composition is often thought to be driven by
the corresponding temperature gradient, species ranges are both expected and predicted to …

The Alpine region is warming fast, and concurrently, the frequency and intensity of climate
extremes are increasing. It is currently unclear whether alpine ecosystems are sensitive or …

Many studies have investigated the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of
plant species, but few have attempted to constrain projections through plant dispersal …

The contributions of environmental DNA to ecology are reviewed, focusing on diet, trophic
interactions, species distributions and biodiversity assessment. Environmental DNA has the …