Abstract We present a monograph of the high Andean tree genus Polylepis (Rosaceae),
based on a species concept considering morphological, climatic and biogeographic …

The boreal forests of Central Asia play a vital role in biodiversity protection and regional
economic development. It is important to study potential changes in the growth dynamics of …

Monitoring water level changes is necessary to manage, conserve and restore natural, and
anthropogenic lake systems. However, the in‐situ monitoring of lake systems is unfeasible …

Polylepis trees occur throughout the Andean mountain region, and it is the tree genus that
grows at the highest elevation worldwide. In the humid Andes where moisture is rarely …

Polylepis trees grow at elevations above the continuous tree line (3000–5000 m asl) across
the Andes. They tolerate extreme environmental conditions, making them sensitive …

The lack of delimitation between the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) and the
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) has led to problematic calibration of archives in …

Very little is known on high mountain tropical lakes of South America. Thus, the main
motivation of this research was obtaining base bathymetric data of 119 tropical lakes of the …

In the tropical high mountains, human activities have strongly intensified in recent decades.
Agricultural frontier movement toward higher elevations, river channel modifications, mining …

Key message Species interactions implicate a complex balance of facilitation and
competition, which may shift during community development, thus structuring the subalpine …

For a better understanding of forest ecology, tree-ring studies can provide information on
climate sensitivity, tree growth patterns and population age structure that can inform about …