Despite the popularity of tourism and recreation in the Andes in South America and the
regions conservation value, there is limited research on the ecological impacts of these …

The previous chapters have provided a first insight into the heterogeneity, complexity and
great physiognomic and ecological variety of the timberline phenomenon; a heterogeneity …

Combined Global Surface Summary of Day and European Climate Assessment and Dataset
daily meteorological data sets (around 9000 stations) were used to build spatio‐temporal …

Questions: How important is the choice of flow routing algorithm with respect to application
of topographic wetness index (TWI) in vegetation ecology? Which flow routing algorithms …

Recognizing the socio-economic and biophysical causes of land degradation at the national
level is important for cause-targeted strategies when designing policies for combating land …

Species range shifts have been well studied in light of rising global temperatures and the
role climate plays in restricting species distribution. In mountain regions, global trends show …

In the face of ongoing and future climate change, species must acclimate, adapt or shift their
geographic distributions (ie," migrate") in order to avoid habitat loss and eventual extinction …

Tropical montane amphibians have been the focus of recent and crucial conservation efforts.
These initiatives require understanding on how elevation influences amphibian body …

The impact of anthropogenic global warming has induced significant upward dispersal of
trees to higher elevations at alpine treelines. Assessing vertical deviation from current …

Altitudinal gradients are often used as natural laboratories to study ecosystem dynamics,
biodiversity, and species' distribution response to climate gradients. However, the …