Potential Impact of Climate Change on Vegetation in the European Alps: A Review

By J. Theurillat, Antoine Guisan. 2001

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, neutral): “The effects of climate change on alpine vegetation will be especially pronounced at high altitudes, as abiotic factors such as climate prevail over biotic factors in these regions (Korner and Miglietta, 1994; Theurillat and Guisan, 2001).”
Sensitivity Analysis of Snow Cover to Climate Change Scenarios and Their Impact on Plant Habitats in Alpine Terrain (2005, background): “The vegetation at high altitudes is believed to be particularly sensitive to longterm climate change because abiotic factors, especially climate, dominate with respect to biotic interactions (Körner, 1994; Grabherr et al., 1995; Beniston et al., 1996; Theurillat and Guisan, 2001).”
Disproportional risk for habitat loss of high‐altitude endemic species under climate change (2011, background): “The expected upward shift of forest tree species in response to climate warming may shrink these habitats (Theurillat & Guisan, 2001; Sekercioglu et al., 2008).”
Linking small-scale topography with microclimate, plant species diversity and intra-specific trait variation in an alpine landscape (2015, background): “Alpine plants have traditionally been seen as highly specialised to harsh environmental conditions (Körner 2003), and therefore particularly vulnerable to climate change (e.g. Theurillat and Guisan 2001).”
Warmer and richer? Predicting the impact of climate warming on species richness in small temperate waterbodies (2010, background): “Monitoring of terrestrial vascular plants in permanent plots in the Alps showed an increase in richness (186”
Patterns of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in the wide elevation range of the alpine plant Arabis alpina (2018, background): “Overall, local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity of alpine species are key features for their persistence (Theurillat & Guisan, 2001; Grassein et al., 2010; Alberto et al., 2013; Münzbergová et al., 2017; Delnevo et al., 2017), although phenotypic plasticity can be maladaptive as in Campanula…”
The ability of climate envelope models to predict the effect of climate change on species distributions (2006, background): “There are some obvious cases of species that with climate change should lose parts of their range, such as mountain-top endemics, for which warming would seem highly threatening (Theurillat & Guisan, 2001; Williams et al., 2003).”
Mediterranean island biodiversity and climate change: the last 10,000 years and the future (2016, background): “Land-use change will potentially aggravate the effects of climate change even in ecosystems with natural inertia to temperature increase (Theurillat and Guisan 2001).”