Aim Past climatic oscillations are the main driving force of evolutionary changes in alpine
species. Species' response to paleoclimatic oscillations is crucial in forecasting their future …

Habitat fragmentation and isolation are considered important causes of biodiversity loss in
cultural landscapes. To counter the negative effects of fragmentation such as reduced …

The ability of seeds to regenerate from soil seed banks has long been recognized as a key
survival strategy for plants establishing new niches in highly variable climates of alpine …

Aims The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is among the most
active areas of ecological research. Furthermore, enhancing the diversity of degraded …

Past climate change has caused shifts in species distributions and undoubtedly impacted
patterns of genetic variation, but the biological processes mediating responses to climate …

Abstract Background and Aims Gene flow by seed and pollen largely shapes the genetic
structure within and among plant populations. Seed dispersal is often strongly spatially …

Questions Old‐fields and their succession often played crucial role in dynamics of species‐
rich semi‐natural grasslands. Our objective was to assess whether colonization of old‐fields …

Cushion plants have been confirmed to be keystone species of alpine ecosystems.
However, the adaptive strategies responsible for their recruitment and persistence remain …

Species occurrence in a site can be limited by both the abiotic environment and biotic
interactions. These two factors operate in concert, but their relative importance is often …

Differences in plant species composition between a community and its species pool are
considered to reflect the effect of community filters. If we define the species pool as a set of …