Seed longevity shapes alpine plant responses to climate change. Our study links longer-lived seeds to winner species, highlighting seed traits as predictors for vegetation shifts in warming ecosystems
Knowledge management and science-policy dialog for effective mountain governance: the experience of the Andean Mountain Initiative
The Andean Mountain Initiative, as a regional political platform, is integrating knowlege managment and science-policy dialog to promote informed decision making and policy formulation
Ecological Impacts of Cryospheric Change: Assessing Glacier Loss Effects on Keystone Species in the Hindukush, Himalaya, and Karakoram Ranges
Rapid glacier depletion from global warming and black carbon threatens 198 species in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Urgent policy actions are essential to mitigate ecological damage and save biodiversity.
Integrating Remote Sensing and Participatory Scenario Planning to Model Agroforestry Futures in Ethiopia
Agroforestry’s viability in Ethiopia relies on socio-environmental, political, and cultural factors, requiring local knowledge and remote sensing for effective land-use planning and climate adaptation
The role of the Sonnblick Observatory within European Research Infrastructure Consortiums (ERICs) and its potential for eLT(S)ER
Insight into the potential of the Sonnblick Observatory as a research hub for ERICs with new approaches to altitude gradient studies in the context of eLT(S)ER. A potential for cooperations.
Monitoring biodiversity in Spanish mountain areas
The citizen science project “Adopt a Plant” led by the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC), aims to maintain a collaborative system where participants monitor plant population’s dynamics and threats.
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Protected Areas through Spatial Prioritization
This research explores how spatial prioritization with the metric climate change velocity can strengthen the resilience of protected areas, ensuring they effectively conserve biodiversity
Dispersal limitation and competition explain lags in plant elevational range shifts
Even in mountains where dispersal distances are very small, range shift lags can still be caused by dispersal limitation.
Microclimate Matters: Soil Temperature and Plant Community Dynamics in High-Mountain Ecosystems
The study shows how soil microclimate (snow cover duration and growing degree days), influences alpine plant community dynamics, revealing key patterns of biodiversity change in high-mountains
Climate Change Velocity and Spatial Prioritization for Mountain Biodiversity Conservation
Emerging Spatial Prioritization for Mountain Biodiversity Conservation: Identifying Hotspots, Coldspots, and Climate Refugia With Climate Change Velocity