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New constraints on the postglacial evolution of Lago Maggiore, Northern Italy

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lago Maggiore is situated in an overdeepened valley reach at the southern margin of the European Alps, and its thick sediment infill allows the reconstruction of the postglacial valley and lake evolution. We study here the sedimentary succession in the lower Ossola Valley, which is infilled by ~500 m of deposits. In a marginal position, a core
Lukas Gegg, Alexander Fülling, Andrew Greenwood, György Hetényi, F. Martin Hofmann, Giovanni Monegato, Jahir S. Rangel Herrera, Camille Schirra, Marco Venier, Othmar Müntener   +9 more
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European common frog (Rana temporaria) recolonized Switzerland from multiple glacial refugia in northern Italy via trans‐ and circum‐Alpine routes

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The high mountain ranges of Western Europe had a profound effect on the biotic recolonization of Europe from glacial refugia. The Alps present a particularly interesting case because they form an absolute barrier to dispersal for most taxa, obstructing ...
Alexandra Jansen van Rensburg, Mathieu Robin, Barret Phillips, Josh Van Buskirk   +3 more
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Topographic and Climatic Determinants of Soil Organic Carbon Across Landscapes: A Meta‐Analysis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The soil is the greatest natural store of organic carbon, holding between 1500 to 1550 Pg C of organic carbon at the top 100 cm of the soil globally—roughly twice the carbon pool in the atmosphere. The spatial distribution of this stock is controlled by a complex chain of controls: topographic position regulates the hydrological redistribution,
Vishal Sharma, Syed Hujjat ul Baligah, Tajamul Islam Shah, Shahid Shuja Shafai, Owais Bashir, Syed Sheraz Madhi, S. Naresh Kumar, Ayyandar Arunachalam, Shabir Ahmed Bangroo   +8 more
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THE BARREMIAN-TURONIAN EROSIONAL UNCONFORMITY IN THE M. MISMA AREA (LOMBARDY BASIN, SOUTHERN ALPS)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2020
An erosional unconformity has been recognized by means of lithostratigraphy and calcareous plankton biostratigraphy in the Cretaceous succession of the M. Misma area (Southern Alps, Lombardy Basin).
RICCARDO BERSEZIO, ELISABETTA ERBA, MARIO FORNACIARI   +2 more
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Pennsylvanian floras from Italy: an overview of the main sites and historical collections

Geologia Croatica, 2012
The paper provides an overview of the main Pennsylvanian sites in Italy yielding associations rich in plants and/or palynomorphs. So far in Italy, the principal outcrops are located in the Southern Alps, Tuscany and Sardinia. In the Western Southern Alps
Ausonio Ronchi, Evelyn Kustatscher, Paola Pittau, Giuseppe Santi   +3 more
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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
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An urban evolved invasive plant tolerates experimental climate change

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Urbanization may drive invasive species evolution, resulting in greater invasion risks as global conditions change. We compared urban populations of the invasive Erigeron annuus in Zagreb, Croatia, to surrounding rural populations and found that urban‐evolved populations were more tolerant of experimental warming and drought than rural populations ...
S. Luke Flory, Drew Hiatt, Jesse Borden, Damjana Levačić, Sven Jelaska   +4 more
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Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Defining nativity of species is crucial for their management. However, this is a complex task, especially for species that have been used and spread by humans for a long time. We combined paleoecological records with extensive genetic data to investigate the Holocene history of European larch—a common and economically important tree species in Central ...
Martin Prach, Petr Pokorný, Kristýna Hošková, Daniel Vondrák, Pavel Bednář, Jindřich Prach, Jana Hanzal Šedivá, Hana Drahošová, Kateřina Podrábská, Přemysl Bobek, Jan Smyčka, Tomáš Fér   +11 more
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Biomineralization of primary carbonate cements: a new biosignature in the fossil record from the Anisian of Southern Italy

Lethaia, EarlyView., 2021
Biomineralization is a generic term used to indicate biological‐mediated mineral formation. In carbonate mineralization, nucleation of crystals can be: (1) controlled directly by the organisms, like in the skeletal formation of most metazoans; (2) induced by microbial communities, by indirect precipitation mediated by their metabolic activities; or (3)
Adriano Guido, Matteo Sposato, Giuseppe Palladino, Alessandro Vescogni, Domenico Miriello   +4 more
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Estimating permafrost distribution in the maritime Southern Alps, New Zealand, based on climatic conditions at rock glacier sites

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2016
Alpine permafrost occurrence in maritime climates has received little attention, despite suggestions that permafrost may occur at lower elevations than in continental climates.
Katrin eSattler, Brian eAnderson, Andrew eMackintosh, Andrew eMackintosh, Kevin eNorton, Mairéad ede Róiste   +5 more
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