Peatlands are a significant component of the global carbon (C) cycle, yet despite their role
as a long-term C sink throughout the Holocene, they are increasingly vulnerable to …

Owing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high
mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the …

Wetlands are important providers of ecosystem services and key regulators of climate
change. They positively contribute to global warming through their greenhouse gas …

In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Understanding how tropical systems have responded to large-scale climate change, such as
glacial-interglacial oscillations, and how human impacts have altered those responses is …

Wildfires are responsible for a substantial loss of forest ecosystem services globally and
represent a major driving force of forest degradation across Latin American and the …

Wildfire is a widespread natural hazard that is expected to increase in areal extent, severity
and frequency with ongoing changes in climate and land-use. One tool that has been used …

Observations and projections for mountain regions show a strong tendency towards upslope
displacement of their biomes under future climate conditions. Because of their climatic and …

Alpine grassland vegetation supports globally important biodiversity and ecosystems that
are increasingly threatened by climate warming and other environmental changes. Trait …

Los ecosistemas tropicales albergan una gran parte de la biodiversidad mundial ya pesar
de ello están siendo transformados por el cambio de uso de la tierra a un ritmo sin …