Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land

J Lenoir, R Bertrand, L Comte, L Bourgeaud… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence of species redistribution as climate warms. Yet, our knowledge
of the coupling between species range shifts and isotherm shifts remains limited. Here, we …

Animal-mediated plant niche tracking in a changing climate

TA Nuñez, LR Prugh, JHR Lambers - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Over half of plant species are animal-dispersed, and our understanding of how animals can
help plants move in response to climate change–a process known as niche tracking–is …

Mountain treelines climb slowly despite rapid climate warming

X Lu, E Liang, Y Wang, F Babst… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To better understand how climate change drives altitudinal treeline dynamics at large
spatial scales. Location Northern Hemisphere. Time period 1901–2018. Major taxa studied …

Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene

A Ordonez, F Riede, S Normand… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent climate change has effectively rewound the climate clock by approximately 120 000
years and is expected to reverse this clock a further 50 Myr by 2100. We aimed to answer …

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

I Biurrun, R Pielech, I Dembicz, F Gillet… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Understanding fine‐grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental
for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database …

Land-cover change in the Caucasus Mountains since 1987 based on the topographic correction of multi-temporal Landsat composites

J Buchner, H Yin, D Frantz, T Kuemmerle… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mountainous regions are changing rapidly across the world due to both land-use change
and climate change. Given the importance of mountainous regions for ecosystem services …

Elevational shift in seed plant distributions in China's mountains over the last 70 years

K Zu, J Lenoir, J Fang, Z Tang, Z Shen… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Significant changes in species elevational ranges in mountains have been repeatedly
documented, yet the direction, magnitude and drivers of these shifts remain controversial …

Climate change induced elevational range shifts of Himalayan tree species

SK Maharjan, FJ Sterck, N Raes, Y Zhao, L Poorter - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming may force montane species to shift upward to keep pace with their shifting
climate niche. How species differences in such distribution shifts depend on their elevational …

[HTML][HTML] Niche width analyses facilitate identification of high-risk endemic species at high altitudes in western Himalayas

M Ahmad, P Sharma, S Rathee, HP Singh, DR Batish… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-elevation mountain communities are progressively threatened by habitat fragmentation
and climate change resulting in habitat shift and biodiversity loss. Despite it, very few studies …

Rapid changes in eastern Himalayan alpine flora with climate change

J Salick, Z Fang, R Hart - American journal of botany, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study With biodiversity and rates of climate change among the highest, the
eastern Himalaya are critical for understanding the interaction of these two variables …