The spread of Homo sapiens into new habitats across Eurasia~ 45,000 years ago and the
concurrent disappearance of Neanderthals represents a critical evolutionary turnover in our …

Dynamical downscaling is an important approach to obtaining fine-scale weather and
climate information. However, dynamical downscaling simulations are often degraded by …

Understanding changes of ecosystem services and their influencing factors is crucial for
more sustainable ecosystem management and conservation of nature contributions to …

Deciding how to establish woodland in forest restoration is not straightforward as different
outcomes may be obtained from different establishment approaches, each with cost …

Mountain lakes are increasingly affected by global change pressures. While there is growing
evidence of impacts on ecosystem functioning, few studies considered changes in …

Phenotypic plasticity is a main mechanism for organisms to cope with changing
environments and broaden their ecological range. Plasticity is genetically based and can …

Aim Natural disturbances are key drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics and are highly
sensitive to global change. Despite their importance, central disturbance characteristics …

Climate change is predicted to dramatically affect mountain biodiversity and especially
mountain pollination systems due to the mutual dependence between plants and pollinators …

Key message Climate envelope analysis of nine tree species shows that Fagus sylvatica L.
and Picea abies H. Karst could lose 58% and 40% of their current distribution range …

Aim Marginal tree populations, either those located at the edges of the species' range or in
suboptimal environments, are often a valuable genetic resource for biological conservation …