• Greater topoclimatic control of above‐ versus below‐ground communities 

      Mod, Heidi K.; Scherrer, Daniel; Di Cola, Valeria; Broennimann, Olivier; Blandenier, Quentin; Breiner, Frank T.; Buri, Aline; Goudet, Jérôme; Guex, Nicolas; Lara, Enrique; Mitchell, Edward A. D.; Niculita‐Hirzel, Hélène; Pagni, Marco; Pellissier, Loïc; Pinto‐Figueroa, Eric; Sanders, Ian R.; Schmidt, Benedikt R.; Seppey, Victor William Christophe; Singer, David; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Yashiro, Erika; van der Meer, Jan R.; Guisan, Antoine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-31)
      Assessing the degree to which climate explains the spatial distributions of different taxonomic and functional groups is essential for anticipating the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Most effort so far has focused on above-ground organisms, which offer only a partial view on the response of biodiversity to environmental gradients. Here including both above- and below-ground organisms, we ...
    • Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps 

      Vitasse, Yann; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Klein, Geoffrey; Bohnenstengel, Thierry; Chittaro, Yannick; Delestrade, Anne; Monnerat, Christian; Rebetez, Martine; Rixen, Christian; Strebel, Nicolas; Schmidt, Benedikt R.; Wipf, Sonja; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Yoccoz, Nigel; Lenoir, Jonathan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-27)
      Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services of irreplaceable socio-economic value. In the European Alps, air temperature has increased at a rate of about 0.36°C decade<sup>−1</sup> since 1970, leading to glacier retreat and significant snowpack reduction. Due to these rapid environmental changes, this mountainous region is undergoing marked changes in spring ...