Changes in species composition in alpine snowbeds with climate change inferred from small-scale spatial patterns

• Main Authors: Schöb, Christian, id_orcid:0 000-0003-4472-2286, Kammer, Peter M., Kikvidze, Zaal, Choler, Philippe, Veit, Heinz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2008
• Subjects: Will Point; Salix herbacea
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/222357; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000222357

Alpine snowbeds are characterised by a very short growing season. However, the length of the snow-free period is increasingly prolonged due to climate change, so that snowbeds become susceptible to invasions from neighbouring alpine meadow communities. We hypothesised that spatial distribution of sp...