Abstract Climate change (“global warming”) is expected to exert serious negative effects on
biodiversity. Knowledge and understanding of non-anthropogenic climate changes in …

Although the ecosystem services provided by mountain grasslands have been
demonstrated to be highly vulnerable to environmental and management changes in the …

Grassland ecosystems provide the basis for grassland farming where climate and
topography constrain the cultivation of crops. Current agricultural systems and their nutrient …

Purpose Symbolic plants and animals are recognised as a cultural ecosystem service
(CES), which is still underrepresented in ecosystem services assessments. Thus, this study …

The complex meso-and microclimatic heterogeneity inherent to mountainous regions, driven
by both topographic and biotic factors, and the lack of observations, poses significant …

In this study, we assessed the potential effects of climate change upon the productivity of
mountain pastures in the Valtellina valley of Italy. Two species, Trisetum flavescens and …

Grasslands cover up to 40% of the mountain areas globally and 23% of the European Alps
and affect numerous key ecological processes. An increasing number of optical sensors …

Mountain ecosystems are particularly threatened by ongoing climate change and the
species composition of high elevation grasslands is already changing. An open research …

Aims Dynamics of plant communities are an outcome of species' responses to the external
environment influenced by species' life history, growth patterns and their mutual interactions …

Little is known about the complex processes within the soil ecosystem and especially about
soil animals and their role in supporting and sustaining ecosystem functioning in alpine …