Climate Change Impacts in Alpine Environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5697351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georg Grabherr (University of Vienna), Michael Gottfried, Michael D Gottfried (0000-0001-8809-5734, University of Vienna), Harald Pauli (0000-0002-9842-9934, Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1133-1153 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00356.x |
| OpenAlex | W2107508366 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 94 |
Alpine ecosystems (alpine tundra) occur at a range of air density, water availability and seasonality worldwide on the treeless high terrain of mountains. They vary along geographic scales: boreal dwarf-shrub heaths, temperate sedge heaths, subtropical dwarf shrubs and tussock grasslands, and tropical giant forblands. Along local topographic gradients plant cover changes from windswept dwarf-shrub heath, to dense grass-sedge heath, to snowbank vegetation. These cold and relatively little exploited alpine ecosystems, nonetheless, are among those where climate warming impacts are forecast to be pronounced and detectable early on. We first review alpine life conditions and organism traits as a background to understanding climate impact related processes. Next, we provide an account of how alpine flora and vegetation have been impacted by recently observed climate change. Finally, a global network for long-term monitoring of climate-induced changes of vegetation and biodiversity in alpine environments is described
Alpine climate · Alpine plant · Biology · Boreal · Climate change · Ecosystem · Geography · Physical geography · Shrub · Subtropics · Temperate climate · Tundra · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Environmental Science · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Tree-ring climate responses · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |