A Sky Island Perspective: New England Alpine Plant Distributions Across the Region

• Main Author: Tirrell, Andrea
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2022
• Subjects: alpine plant community; climate change; island biogeography; mountain top biodiversity; Vermont; Maine; New Hampshire; Botany; Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Change Island; Tundra
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3734; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4784&context=etd

Alpine ecosystems around the globe are at risk due to climate change, human disturbance, and habitat loss. New England alpine zones are small and fragmented, which could make them vulnerable to global change. However, the persistence of tundra relics throughout the Holocene suggests the persistence...