Microclimate variability in alpine ecosystems as stepping stones for non‐native plant establishment above their current elevational limit

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Lembrechts, Jonas J., Lenoir, Jonathan, Nuñez, Martin A., Pauchard, Aníbal, Geron, Charly, Bussé, Gilles, Milbau, Ann, Nijs, Ivan
• Other Authors: Swedish Research Council, Inst. of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB) with grants by the Chilean Ministry of Economy and Tourism
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Stepping Stones; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03263; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fecog.03263; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecog.03263; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/ecog.03263

Alpine environments are currently relatively free from non‐native plant species, although their presence and abundance have recently been on the rise. It is however still unclear whether the observed low invasion levels in these areas are due to an inherent resistance of the alpine zone to invasions...