Data from: Microclimate variability in alpine ecosystems as stepping stones for non-native plant establishment above their current elevational limit

• Main Authors: Lembrechts, Jonas J., Lenoir, Jonathan, Nuñez, Martin A., Pauchard, Aníbal, Geron, Charly, Bussé, Gilles, Milbau, Ann, Nijs, Ivan
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Life sciences; medicine and health care; Stepping Stones; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-cx-7nhs; https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:118668

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...