Survival in a little? Refugia of high-elevated plants in the Spanish Sierra Nevada

Climate change is a serious threat to high-elevated plant species. There are three possible strategies to survive if they cannot exist in their inherent habitats any more: Upward shift, use of phenotypic plasticity ore movement to small-scaled local still suitable microhabitats. Furthermore, high-mo...

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Main Authors: Kienle, D., Eibes, P.M., Beierkuhnlein, C.
Other Authors: Salzburger Nationalparkfonds, Gerlos Stra?e 18/2, 5730 Mittersill, Austria, 2018
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Salzburger Nationalparkfonds, Gerlos Stra?e 18/2, 5730 Mittersill, Austria, nationalpark@salzburg.gv.at, in cooperation with the National Committee for Global Change at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, responsible for the Austrian contribution to ISCAR 2018
Subjects:
grasslands
isolation
global warming
alpine tundra
Tundra
Online Access:http://puma.isti.cnr.it/dfdownloadnew.php?ident=EUproject/ECOPOTENTIAL/2018-A1-011
http://puma.isti.cnr.it/rmydownload.php?filename=EUproject/ECOPOTENTIAL/2018-A1-011/2018-A1-011.pdf
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Summary:Climate change is a serious threat to high-elevated plant species. There are three possible strategies to survive if they cannot exist in their inherent habitats any more: Upward shift, use of phenotypic plasticity ore movement to small-scaled local still suitable microhabitats. Furthermore, high-mountain plants are still exceptionally endangered since they are already at their ecologic limits. We analyzed future shift strategies based on possible climate scenarios considering current and future climate conditions. The study was conducted at the Spanish Sierra Nevada National Park as part of the ECOPOTENTIAL project.

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