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Contrasting Refugial Dynamics in Central Apennine Sky‐Islands: A Comparative Phylogeography of Two Endemic Beetles

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Quaternary climatic oscillations have profoundly shaped the genetic structure and geographic distributions of alpine biotas. Understanding how cold‐adapted taxa responded to past climatic shifts is essential for unravelling the processes shaping mountain biodiversity, yet cold‐adapted taxa may have followed divergent refugial histories. We
Emanuele Berrilli, Maurizio Biondi, Daniele Salvi   +2 more
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Microrefugia for Small Mammals in European Forests

Forests
This review examines how forest microrefugia (fine-scale thermal and moisture shelters formed by canopy complexity, deadwood, topography, and snow) protect small mammals from climate extremes in European forests. It synthesizes evidence on the physiological and behavioral sensitivity of rodents and shrews to near-ground abiotic environmental conditions
Linas Balčiauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė   +1 more
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Glacier shrinkage and slope processes create habitat at high elevation and microrefugia across treeline for alpine plants during warm stages [PDF]

, 2020
The temperature rise at the global level and glacier shrinkage are deemed to induce new dynamics between biotic and abiotic factors, especially in mountain regions.
Armiraglio S., Armiraglio, Stefano, Rossini, Micol, Tagliabue, Giulia, Citterio, Sandra, Rossini M., Panigada, Cinzia, Panigada C., Carton A., Carton, Alberto, Tagliabue G., Baroni C., Gentili, Rodolfo, Salvatore M. C., Baroni, Carlo, Gentili R., Salvatore, Maria Cristina, Citterio S.   +17 more
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The Montane Atlantic Rainforest of Southeastern Brazil: altitudinal migration and microrefugia during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene [PDF]

, 2021
A Floresta Atlântica Montana do sudeste do Brasil é um ecossistema único em todo o mundo, pois abriga espécies endêmicas e ameaçadas de extinção, que são vulneráveis ao aquecimento global.
Silva, Maicon Alicrin da
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Tree migration-rates: narrowing the gap between inferred post-glacial rates and projected rates.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Faster-than-expected post-glacial migration rates of trees have puzzled ecologists for a long time. In Europe, post-glacial migration is assumed to have started from the three southern European peninsulas (southern refugia), where large areas remained ...
Angelica Feurdean, Shonil A Bhagwat, Katherine J Willis, H John B Birks, Heike Lischke, Thomas Hickler   +5 more
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Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece

Plants, 2021
Sparsely vegetated habitats of cliffs and screes act as refugia for many regional and local endemic specialized plant taxa most of which have evolved precisely for that type of habitat.
Maria Panitsa, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Anna Kontopanou, Ioannis Bazos, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos   +6 more
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Macrorefugia and microrefugia: a response to Tzedakis et al.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2014
2 p. -- Publicado en "Letters"
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Forest composition and diversity buffer microclimates and enhance productivity

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.
The findings show that tree diversity and the proportion of fast‐growing, early successional tree species can increase canopy cover and buffer the microclimates of young forests, benefiting the physiology and productivity of slower‐growing, shade‐tolerant tree species.
Maria H. Park, J. Antonio Guzmán Q., Hannah Dyalsingh, Allison Scott, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conserving climate‐change refugia: Insights from research and practice

Conservation Science and Practice
As the impacts of anthropogenic climate change increase, conservation of climate‐change refugia has become a key strategy for effective environmental stewardship.
Toni Lyn Morelli, Tina Mozelewski, Cybil Nicole Cavalieri, Andrew J. Caven, Lindsay M. Dreiss, Rachel A. Hovel, Melissa Hua, Megan K. Jennings, Aji John, Gregory Kehm, Gunnar Keppel, Meg A. Krawchuk, Stephen F. Langdon, Joshua J. Lawler, Lauren M. Lyon, Garrett W. Meigs, Melissa Mora‐Gonzalez, Christopher P. Nadeau, Sandra Słowińska, Jessica Stolar, James H. Thorne, Jordon C. Tourville, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Diana Stralberg   +23 more
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Herpetofaunal Diversity and Endemism Hotspots in Australia's Fire‐Impacted Subtropical Rainforests Show Fine‐Scale Variation Across Metrics and Taxa

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 5, May 2026.
Herpetofaunal richness and endemism hotspots differ in subtropical rainforest. ABSTRACT Identifying biodiversity hotspots is a key strategy for prioritising conservation efforts. However, depending on the biodiversity measures or taxonomic groups used, different areas may be prioritised, especially at broader spatial scales.
Janne J. Torkkola, Harry B. Hines, Alienor L. M. Chauvenet, Paul M. Oliver   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source