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Mesoclimatic origin affects alpine plant germination but not its plasticity

Oikos, EarlyView.
Mountain ecosystems are disproportionately exposed to global warming, which may put alpine plant species in particular at risk. Plant species' migration and persistence depend on successful seed regeneration, with demographic traits such as germination being strongly sensitive to both present and ancestral climate.
Lukas Dietrichstein, Norbert Helm, Kryštof Chytrý, Andreas Mayr, Johannes Wessely, Andreas Kollert, Maximiliane M. Herberich   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the vertical mismatch: elevation-dependent drivers and conservation strategies for mountain biodiversity. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev
Hu T, Hu Y, Shu J, Xu Z, Lv Q, Dong J, Liu Y, Peng J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asia-Pacific Mountain Courier

, 2009
Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN)'s June 2009 issue of the Asia-Pacific Mountain Courier is a biannual newsletter of the Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN).

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Trait convergence under warming: drought tolerance, not thermal limits, mediates native–invader dynamics in alpine ecosystems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climate warming and plant invasions jointly alter alpine ecosystems, but the mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. A key to predicting ecosystem vulnerability is whether native and invasive species can sustain performance as conditions warm.
Indira V. Leon‐Garcia, Julie R. Deslippe   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation and sustainable use of mountain biodiversity through community development

, 2007
The Himalayan-Karakorum-Hindukush ranges, otherwise known as the Himal Region are the highest mountain peaks in the world and have some of the richest natural and cultural heritage. The ecosystem is fragile and its biodiversity vulnerable to irreversible

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High biodiversity: an assessment of mountain biodiversity

Diversity and Distributions, 2004
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The importance of biodiversity components differs among wood‐based material Nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a tropical montane ecosystem

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biodiversity can influence forest productivity, but this does not necessarily translate into higher provision of wood‐based Nature's contributions to people (NCP), as only a subset of the wood produced is used for each NCP. Biodiversity–NCP relationships therefore require further assessment.
Koggani Dickson Koggani, Peter Manning, Andreas Ensslin, Gemma Rutten, Armin Komposch, Markus Fischer, Andreas Hemp, Andrea Larissa Boesing   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A plant–pollinator invasional meltdown: the Japanese pagoda tree Styphnolobium japonicum facilitates the invasion of the giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis

Oikos, EarlyView.
An invasional meltdown can occur when a non‐native species facilitates the spread of another non‐native species in the invaded area, increasing its likelihood of survival or its ecological impact. Plant–pollinator systems pose an exceptional study system to test this concept, which remains poorly known.
Daniel Echeandía, Jordi Margalef‐Marrasé, Marc Riera, Jordina Belmonte, Julia Lanner, Sonja Mader, David Navarro, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Rut Puigdemunt, Carlos Hernández‐ Castellano   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unshared on the top: strong segregation of pathogen communities between western honey bees and wild bees in a retreating glacier foreland

Oikos, EarlyView.
Shared flowers can facilitate pathogen transmission between managed honey bees and wild bees, yet this process remains poorly understood in ecosystems undergoing rapid environmental change. Using a glacier foreland in Switzerland, we present the first study on how glacier retreat stages and bee life‐history traits influence pathogen occurrence across ...
Andrea Ferrari, Giovanni Cilia, Matteo Conti, Bao Ngan Tu, Nora Khelidj, Gianalberto Losapio, Carlo Polidori   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity, mountains and climate change

, 2014
[EN]This paper discusses the issue of the origin and maintenance of biodiversity on tropical mountains, with emphasis on the Neotropics, and concludes that present-day biodiversity patterns of highland biotas cannot be understood without the combined action of Neogene tectonics and Pleistocene climatic changes.
openaire   +2 more sources