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, Lenoir, Jonathan, Nuñez, Martin, Pauchard, Aníbal, Geron, Charly, Bussé, Gilles, Milbau, Ann, Nijs, Ivan
• Other Authors: University of Antwerp (UA), Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 (EDYSAN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquén (UNCOMA), Universidad de Concepción Chile
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: disturbance; invasibility; invasive species; climate change; Alien plant invaders; mountain topography; species distributions; subarctic; envir; geo; Stepping Stones; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03263; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02352604/file/Lembrechts_al_2018_Ecography.pdf; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02352604

International audience 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 a...