Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation
determines ground temperature, light conditions, and moisture availability during winter. It …

Studying the genetics of adaptation to new environments in ecologically and industrially
important tree species is currently a major research line in the fields of plant science and …

The alpine belt hosts the treeless vegetation above the high elevation climatic treeline. The
way alpine plants manage to thrive in a climate that prevents tree growth is through small …

Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term
studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to …

Understanding vegetation responses to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) helps in
elucidating the land–atmosphere energy exchange, which affects air mass movement over …

Alpine environments are among the habitats most strongly affected by climate change, and
consequently their unique plants and pollinators are faced with the challenge of adapting or …

What seems like a trivial task is one of the most difficult ones in functional plant ecology and
biogeography: selecting the appropriate measures of temperature for an ecologically …

Molecular evolution offers an insightful theory to interpret the genomic consequences of
thermal adaptation to previous events of climate change beyond range shifts. However …

Climate warming is shifting the distributions of mountain plant species to higher elevations.
Cold‐adapted plant species are under increasing pressure from novel competitors that are …

Drought will reduce global crop production by> 10% in 2050 substantially worsening global
malnutrition. Breeding for resistance to drought will require accessing crop genetic diversity …