Climate change impacts on ecosystem services in high mountain areas: a literature review

I Palomo - Mountain Research and Development, 2017 - BioOne
High mountain areas are experiencing some of the earliest and greatest impacts of climate
change. However, knowledge on how climate change impacts multiple ecosystem services …

How does climate change affect regeneration of Mediterranean high‐mountain plants? An integration and synthesis of current knowledge

L Giménez‐Benavides, A Escudero… - Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mediterranean mountains are extraordinarily diverse and hold a high proportion of endemic
plants, but they are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and most species distribution …

Global distribution and bioclimatic characterization of alpine biomes

R Testolin, F Attorre, B Jiménez‐Alfaro - Ecography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although there is a general consensus on the distribution and ecological features of
terrestrial biomes, the allocation of alpine ecosystems in the global biogeographic system is …

Land surface phenology and greenness in Alpine grasslands driven by seasonal snow and meteorological factors

J Xie, T Jonas, C Rixen, R de Jong, I Garonna… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Snow accumulation and melt have multiple impacts on Land Surface Phenology (LSP) and
greenness in Alpine grasslands. Our understanding of these impacts and their interactions …

Altitude‐dependent influence of snow cover on alpine land surface phenology

J Xie, M Kneubühler, I Garonna… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Snow cover impacts alpine land surface phenology in various ways, but our knowledge
about the effect of snow cover on alpine land surface phenology is still limited. We studied …

[HTML][HTML] Physiognomic and physiologic changes in mountain grasslands in response to environmental and anthropogenic factors

M Gartzia, F Perez-Cabello, CG Bueno, CL Alados - Applied Geography, 2016 - Elsevier
Mountain grasslands provide valuable ecosystem services for sustainable development and
human wellbeing. These habitats have suffered important changes related with their …

Land cover and drought risk assessment in Türkiye's mountain regions using neutrosophic decision support system

A Atesoglu, E Ayyildiz, I Karakaya, FS Bulut… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Earth observation (EO) provides dynamic scientific methods for tracking and defining
ecological parameters in mountainous regions. Open-source platforms are frequently …

Encroachment of shrubs into subalpine grasslands in the Pyrenees changes the plant-soil stoichiometry spectrum

I Urbina, O Grau, J Sardans, JM Ninot, J Peñuelas - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Aims Shrub encroachment has been reported over a large proportion of the subalpine
grasslands across Europe and is expected to have an important impact on the …

Spatial gradients and grazing effects of a transhumant herd on plants and insect herbivores in Pyrenean subalpine grasslands

A Ubach, M Guardiola, X Oliver, M Lockwood… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - Springer
Mountains harbour a disproportionate amount of biodiversity that is explained by both biotic
and abiotic factors. Understanding the ultimate factors that shape these gradients including …

Encroachment of shrubs into subalpine grasslands in the Pyrenees modifies the structure of soil fungal communities and soil properties

O Grau, K Saravesi, JM Ninot, J Geml… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The encroachment of shrubs into grasslands is common in terrestrial ecosystems dominated
by grass. Land abandonment and favourable climatic trends in recent decades have …