Europe's mountain summits are warming—vegetation is responding in surprisingly different ways
Decades of climate change have not left Europe's mountain vegetation unscathed.
Decades of climate change have not left Europe's mountain vegetation unscathed.
The short version
- However, the changes observed do not always match expectations.
- As a new international study by a research team led by researchers from the University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the BOKU University shows, alpine vegetation has shifted significantly towards warmth-associated species.
- However, the direct link between this so-called thermophilization and local warming is surprisingly weak.
What happened
The study has recently been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies .
Why it matters
These plots were surveyed a total of four times over 21 years as part of the global GLORIA monitoring network, the most comprehensive monitoring program to date on the effects of climate change on mountain summit vegetation.
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