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 Andres, Pauchard, Aníbal, Geron, Charly, Bussé, Gilles, Milbau, Ann, Nijs, Ivan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: MICROCLIMATIC GRADIENT; NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES; ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Stepping Stones; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/90582

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...