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Climate change leads to accelerated transformation of high‐elevation vegetation in the central Alps

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Author	Lamprecht, Andrea Semenchuk, Philipp Robert Steinbauer, Klaus Winkler, Manuela Pauli, Harald
Copyright Year	2018
Description	Journal: New Phytologist High mountain ecosystems and their biota are governed by low‐temperature conditions and thus can be used as indicators for climate warming impacts on natural ecosystems, provided that long‐term data exist. We used data from the largest alpine to nival permanent plot site in the Alps, established in the frame of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) on Schrankogel in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria, in 1994, and resurveyed in 2004 and 2014. Vascular plant species richness per plot increased over the entire period, albeit to a lesser extent in the second decade, because disappearance events increased markedly in the latter period. Although presence/absence data could only marginally explain range shift dynamics, changes in species cover and plant community composition indicate an accelerating transformation towards a more warmth‐demanding and more drought‐adapted vegetation, which is strongest at the lowest, least rugged subsite. Divergent responses of vertical distribution groups of species suggest that direct warming effects, rather than competitive displacement, are the primary causes of the observed patterns. The continued decrease in cryophilic species could imply that trailing edge dynamics proceed more rapidly than successful colonisation, which would favour a period of accelerated species declines.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175417/pdf
Ending Page	459
Page Count	13
Starting Page	447
e-ISSN	14698137
DOI	10.1111/nph.15290
Journal	New Phytologist
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	220
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2018-06-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: New Phytologist Alpine–nival Ecotone Climate Change Impact Indicator High Mountain Plants Long‐term Monitoring Species Composition Change Thermophilisation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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