Climate change is causing extensive alterations to ecosystems globally, with some more
vulnerable than others. Alpine ecosystems, characterised by low-temperatures and …

Climate change poses certain threats to the World's forests. That is, tree performance
declines if species-specific, climatic thresholds are surpassed. Prominent climatic changes …

Mountains are the global centers of fern diversity and at the same time strongly affected by
climate change, raising the question of how fern species and communities will respond to …

Biodiversity loss and habitat degradation are big challenges to be tackled by conservation
planning since their effects on both ecological and social-economic systems are remarkably …

As anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity and ecosystems increases, so does the
potential threat to the supply of ecosystem services, a key contribution of nature to people …

The relationship between vegetation Net primary production (NPP) and climate change is
critical for understanding the driving forces of vegetation changes, while less were studied …

Explanatory studies suggest that using very high resolution (VHR, 1–5 m resolution) topo-
climatic predictors may improve the predictive power of plant species distribution models …

The questions of how much abiotic environment contributes to explain species distributions,
and which abiotic factors are the most influential, are key when projecting species realized …

Key message Climate envelope analysis of nine tree species shows that Fagus sylvatica L.
and Picea abies H. Karst could lose 58% and 40% of their current distribution range …

Climate is a major limiting factor for insect distributions and it is expected that a changing
climate will likely alter spatial patterns of pest outbreaks. The Australian plague locust (APL) …