In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

High resolution multiproxy data (pollen, sedimentology, geochemistry, chironomids and
charcoal) from the Basa de la Mora (BSM) lake sequence (42° 32′ N, 0° 19′ E, 1914 m …

Natural disturbances, such as avalanches, snow breakage, insect outbreaks, windthrow or
fires shape mountain forests globally. However, in many regions over the past centuries …

Paleoenvironmental studies are essential to understand biodiversity changes over long
timescales and to assess the relative importance of anthropogenic and environmental …

Holocene glacier records from the western European Alps are still sparse, although a
number of sites are well suited to constraining pre-and early-Little Ice Age (LIA) glacier …

A high-resolution sedimentological and geochemical study was performed on a 20 m long
core from the alpine Lake Anterne (2063 m asl, NW French Alps) spanning the last 10 ka …

This paper addresses the origin and development of the oldest prehistoric pasture in the
timberline ecotone known so far in the Alps and its relation to anthropogenic pressure and …

The resilience, diversity and stability of mountain ecosystems are threatened by climatic as
well as land‐use changes, but the combined effects of these drivers are only poorly …

Fire evolved on the Earth under the direct influence of climate and the accumulation of
burnable biomass at various times and spatial scales. However, since humans have been …

Aim Knowing a species' response to historical climate shifts helps understanding its
perspectives under global warming. We infer the hitherto unresolved postglacial history of …