Although the importance of edaphic factors and habitat structure for plant growth and
survival is known, both are often neglected in favor of climatic drivers when investigating the …

Climate and land‐use change jointly affect the future of biodiversity. Yet, biodiversity
scenarios have so far concentrated on climatic effects because forecasts of land use are …

Aim Because climatic factors, especially temperature, show similar trends with elevation and
latitude, it is often assumed that elevational gradients can be used as a proxy for …

Both climatic and edaphic conditions determine plant distribution, however many species
distribution models do not include edaphic variables especially over large geographical …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools that relate species observations to
environmental conditions to retrieve ecological niches and predict species' potential …

Abiotic factors such as climate and soil determine the species fundamental niche, which is
further constrained by biotic interactions such as interspecific competition. To parameterize …

Climate change seriously threatens biodiversity, particularly in mountain ecosystems.
However, studies on climate change effects rarely consider endemic species and their niche …

Aim A fundamental question in macroecology centres around understanding the relationship
between species' local abundance and their distribution in geographical and climatic space …

Species Distribution Models (SDMs) generally ignore biotic processes. However, it has been
shown that biotic interactions from lowland flora contribute to shape the “rear edge” of alpine …

Question: What are the main drivers for tree species distribution in the Bavarian Alps? What
are the species‐specific habitat requirements? Are predictions in accordance with expert …