Abstract ID: 3.10394 | Accepted as Poster | Talk | TBA | TBA

The alpine ecosystem covers about 3% of terrestrial habitats in isolated pockets extending nearly from pole to pole. Some of Earth’s highest and coldest regions have experienced more pronounced warming than other ecosystems. How will plants, the essential providers of the alpine world, survive in their sky islands?

The isolated nature of the alpine ecosystem physically separates researchers from one another and limits data sharing. The Alpine Plants Specialist Group within the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) communicates and advocates for plant conservation in the earth’s most threatened ecosystem. Observations made by the specialist group can lead the world in documenting the impacts of a warming planet.