[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023‏ - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

Dynamics of ecological communities following current retreat of glaciers

GF Ficetola, S Marta, A Guerrieri… - Annual Review of …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Glaciers are retreating globally, and the resulting ice-free areas provide an experimental
system for understanding species colonization patterns, community formation, and …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019‏ - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity

S Brighenti, S Hotaling, DS Finn… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mountains are global biodiversity hotspots where cold environments and their associated
ecological communities are threatened by climate warming. Considerable research attention …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental heterogeneity increases the conservation value of small natural features in karst landscapes

Z Bátori, O Valkó, A Vojtkó, C Tölgyesi, T Farkas… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Local biodiversity hotspots are often located within regions where extreme and variable
environmental–eg, climatic and soil–conditions occur. These areas are conservation …

Microrefugia and microclimate: Unraveling decoupling potential and resistance to heatwaves

M Finocchiaro, F Médail, A Saatkamp… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Microrefugia, defined as small areas maintaining populations of species outside their range
margins during environmental extremes, are increasingly recognized for their role in …

Hiding from the climate: Characterizing microrefugia for boreal forest understory species

C Greiser, J Ehrlén, E Meineri… - Global Change …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is likely to shift the range margins of species poleward, but fine‐scale
temperature differences near the ground (microclimates) may modify these range shifts. For …

Urban refugia sheltering biodiversity across world cities

R Gentili, LA Quaglini, G Galasso, C Montagnani… - Urban …, 2024‏ - Springer
Over the last years, world cities have emerged as multiple and complex habitats hosting
numerous and varied urban refugia for biodiversity. Therefore, the published literature was …

Karst dolines provide diverse microhabitats for different functional groups in multiple phyla

Z Bátori, A Vojtkó, IE Maák, G Lőrinczi, T Farkas… - Scientific Reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Fine-scale topographic complexity creates important microclimates that can facilitate species
to grow outside their main distributional range and increase biodiversity locally. Enclosed …

Elevation gradients alter vegetation attributes in mountain ecosystems of eastern Himalaya, India

VS Negi, A Pandey, A Singh, A Bahukhandi… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
The present study describes how vegetation (the tree layer) is shaped along the elevation
gradients in the eastern part of the Indian Himalayan Region. Various vegetation attributes …