Is the incidence of survival in interior Pleistocene refugia (nunataks) underestimated? Phylogeography of the high mountain plant Androsace alpina (Primulaceae) in the European Alps revisited
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5037
Abstract: Abstract Temperate mountain ranges such as the European Alps have been strongly affected by the Pleistocene glaciations. Glacial advances forced biota into refugia, which were situated either at the periphery of mountain ranges or in… read more here.
Keywords: mountain; refugia; androsace alpina; european alps ... See more keywords
Evolution of a hybrid zone of two willow species (Salix L.) in the European Alps analyzed by RAD‐seq and morphometrics
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9700
Abstract: Abstract Natural hybridization of plants can result in many outcomes with several evolutionary consequences, such as hybrid speciation and introgression. Natural hybrid zones can arise in mountain systems as a result of fluctuating climate during… read more here.
Keywords: zone two; hybrid zone; zone; european alps ... See more keywords
The Alpine Seed Conservation and Research Network - a new initiative to conserve valuable plant species in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-016-4313-8
Abstract: Safeguarding plants as seeds in ex situ collections is a cost effective element in an integrated plant conservation approach. The European Alps are a regional centre of plant diversity. Six institutions have established a regional… read more here.
Keywords: seed; network; plant; plant species ... See more keywords
Thermo‐Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern European Alps Along the TRANSALP Transect
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DOI: 10.1029/2022tc007380
Abstract: The eastern European Alps are shaped by the indentation of Adria into Europe. Recent tomography, depicting detached slab fragments, has been interpreted as evidence of continuous southward subduction of European lithosphere, contrary to an often‐invoked… read more here.
Keywords: eastern european; along transalp; subduction; thermo kinematic ... See more keywords
Extinction debts and colonization credits of non-forest plants in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12343-x
Abstract: Mountain plant species shift their elevational ranges in response to climate change. However, to what degree these shifts lag behind current climate change, and to what extent delayed extinctions and colonizations contribute to these shifts,… read more here.
Keywords: extinction; european alps; extinction debts; climate change ... See more keywords
Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0
Abstract: Mountain glaciers are known to be strongly affected by global climate change. Here we compute temporally consistent changes in glacier area, surface elevation and ice mass over the entire European Alps between 2000 and 2014.… read more here.
Keywords: glacier retreat; mass; european alps; rapid glacier ... See more keywords
Increased autumn and winter precipitation during the Last Glacial Maximum in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22090-7
Abstract: The culmination of the glaciers in the European Alps during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) is one of the most intensively studied paleoglaciological events, but its trigger and forcing remain incompletely understood. Here, we provide… read more here.
Keywords: glacial maximum; winter; precipitation; european alps ... See more keywords
Glacier algae foster ice-albedo feedback in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61762-0
Abstract: The melting of glaciers and ice sheets is nowadays considered a symbol of climate change. Many complex mechanisms are involved in the melting of ice, and, among these processes, surface darkening due to organic material… read more here.
Keywords: glacier algae; european alps; spectroscopy; ice albedo ... See more keywords
Red-listed plants are contracting their elevational range faster than common plants in the European Alps.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2211531120
Abstract: Mountain ecosystems are exposed to multiple anthropogenic pressures that are reshaping the distribution of plant populations. Range dynamics of mountain plants exhibit large variability with species expanding, shifting, or shrinking their elevational range. Using a… read more here.
Keywords: elevational range; leading edge; range; red listed ... See more keywords
Natural Hazard Management from a Coevolutionary Perspective: Exposure and Policy Response in the European Alps
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DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1235494
Abstract: A coevolutionary perspective is adopted to understand the dynamics of exposure to mountain hazards in the European Alps. A spatially explicit, object-based temporal assessment of elements at risk to mountain hazards (river floods, torrential floods,… read more here.
Keywords: exposure; european alps; coevolutionary perspective; hazard management ... See more keywords
Ancestral remnants or peripheral segregates? Phylogenetic relationships of two narrowly endemic Euphrasia species (Orobanchaceae) from the eastern European Alps
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DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz007
Abstract: Abstract Endemism in mountain ranges is considered to be the result of a number of factors, including restriction to refugia during Pleistocene climate fluctuations. However, isolation in glacial refugia cannot explain the origin of narrowly… read more here.
Keywords: narrowly endemic; peripheral segregates; inopinata sinuata; european alps ... See more keywords