Satellite-derived skin temperature data shows promise in monitoring daily Alpine temperature trends, offering new potential for innovative environmental research.
Regeneration projects in the rural context of the Italian Prealps. The Clusone Plateau in Seriana Valley – Bergamo Province (Italy)
The contribution explores as architectural design approach can develop the rural mountainous plateau of Upper Seriana Valley (Clusone), according to a renewed visions based on wellness and health.
Kold Krush, A Cosmos Compressed: Mountain Subsistence and Spiritual Transformations in the Neoglacial of Maloti-Drakensberg, Southern Africa
Archaeologists have long sought to make excavated and rock art evidence mutually intelligible. With new direct dates from rock paintings comes an unprecedented opportunity to relate the two registers
Climatology of European treelines
European treelines can be classified into five distinct climatic groups suggesting that there is a complex gradient of meteorologic conditions allowing woody plants to achieve tree stature.
Inland cliffs call for plant conservation efforts and new research in vegetation ecology
Inland cliffs are hotspot for endemic and refugia for relict plants. Global changes call for conservation efforts, while new technologies are opening chances for research in vegetation macroecology.
Managed Retreat & Relocation in Relation to Natural Hazards in Switzerland
This study guides decisionmaking on natural hazard measures, focusing on relocation. It covers social, financial, legal, and risk aspects, helping decision-makers adapt relocation to local conditions.
Dew Ponds in Albanian Alps: a sustainable water management practice in the cultural landscape of Shkrel
This study examines dew ponds in the Shkrel, Albania, highlighting their role in water practices, cultural landscape, and community involvement, while advocating for their preservation.
Defining Mountain Biosphere Reserves: A Comparative Analysis of Global Mountain Definitions
A mountain area analysis of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves based on available mountain classifications can support biodiversity monitoring and planning and foster collaboration with mountain-based networks
‘Things of consequence’: ostrich eggshell beads as indicators of precolonial societal interaction between southern African highlands and lowlands
Exotic ostrich eggshell beads held powerful associations for hunter-gatherers living in Lesotho’s Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains during the Late Quaternary and bound them to various lowland societies.
The overlooked link between different resource partitioning strategies and plant species richness differences in tropical alpine ecosystems
Species coexistence relies on resource partitioning, shaping biodiversity across climates, latitudes, and altitudes and affects differences in species richness