Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

The ongoing climate change, which is threatening grassland agroecosystems throughout
Europe, is also evident in the Italian grasslands. These systems, often located in marginal …

To understand how diversity is distributed in space is a fundamental aim for optimizing future
species and community conservation. We examined in parallel species richness and beta …

Elevational gradients are useful for predicting how plant communities respond to global
warming, because communities at lower elevations experience warmer temperatures. Fine …

Environmental gradients generate and maintain biodiversity on Earth. Mountain slopes are
among the most pronounced terrestrial environmental gradients, and the elevational …

Questions Geographic gradients of beta‐diversity help understanding the relationship
between species and their environment. However, on a global scale, such patterns are only …

Plants protect themselves against herbivore attacks with physical traits and toxic secondary
metabolites. Levels of plant defences and herbivore performance might shift under climate …

Grasslands host a significant share of Europe's species diversity but are among the most
threatened vegetation types of the continent. Resurvey studies can help to understand …

Phylogenetic turnover quantifies the evolutionary distance among species assemblages and
is central to understanding the main drivers shaping biodiversity. It is affected both by …

Ecological gradients shape the evolution of plant functional traits through variation in
climate, abiotic factors, and biological processes. While recent observations highlight …