Surface temperatures are mechanistically linked to vegetation biophysical and physiological
processes. Although remote sensing in the thermal infrared (TIR) domain can offer novel …

Alpine environments are among the habitats most strongly affected by climate change, and
consequently their unique plants and pollinators are faced with the challenge of adapting or …

Aim Statistical species distribution models (SDMs) are the most common tool to predict the
impact of climate change on biodiversity. They can be tuned to fit relationships at various …

Ethiopia is land of geographical contrasts with elevations that range from 125 m below sea
level in the Danakil Depression to 4533 m above sea level in the Semien Mountains, a world …

Ethiopia is home to one of the richest and most unique assemblages of fauna and flora on
the African continent. Contained within its borders are two major centers of endemism, the …

Climate is an important limiting factor of species' niches and it is therefore regularly included
in ecological applications such as species distribution models (SDMs). Climate predictors …

Some of the largest impacts of climate change are expected in the environmentally
heterogeneous and species rich high mountain ecosystems. Among those, the Neotropical …

Highlights•The world's mountains host immense biodiversity and hundreds of millions of
people.•Mountains provide ecosystem services for billions of people, also in the …

Tropical high mountains are hosting important hot spots of biodiversity on small mostly
remote areas. Recently, these precious ecosystems are under threat from land use change …

Aim Historically, biomes have been defined based on their structurally and functionally
similar vegetation, but there is debate about whether these similarities are superficial, and …