Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation
The vegetation in a high alpine site of the European Alps experienced changes in area between 1953 and 2003 as a result of climate change. Shrubs showed rapid expansion rates of 5.6% per decade at altitudes between 2400 m and 2500 m. Above 2500 m, vegetation coverage exhibited unexpected patterns of...
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ftunivferrarair:oai:sfera.unife.it:11392/470208 2024-04-14T08:18:16+00:00 Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation CANNONE, Nicoletta SGORBATI S GUGLIELMIN M. Cannone, Nicoletta Sgorbati, S Guglielmin, M. 2007 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11392/470208 eng eng Washington, DC : Ecological Society of America, c2003- info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000249192100017 volume:Vol. 5, Issue 7 firstpage:360 lastpage:365 journal:FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT http://hdl.handle.net/11392/470208 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-34548515922 usr_valut alpine vegetation climate change European Alps info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2007 ftunivferrarair 2024-03-21T17:42:34Z The vegetation in a high alpine site of the European Alps experienced changes in area between 1953 and 2003 as a result of climate change. Shrubs showed rapid expansion rates of 5.6% per decade at altitudes between 2400 m and 2500 m. Above 2500 m, vegetation coverage exhibited unexpected patterns of regression associated with increased precipitation and permafrost degradation. As these changes follow a sharp increase in both summer and annual temperatures after 1980, we suggest that vegetation of the alpine (2400-2800 m) and nival (above 2800 m) belts respond in a fast and flexible way, contradicting previous hypotheses that alpine and nival species appear to have a natural inertia and are able to tolerate an increase of 1-2°C in mean air temperature. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Università degli Studi di Ferrara: CINECA IRIS |
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The vegetation in a high alpine site of the European Alps experienced changes in area between 1953 and 2003 as a result of climate change. Shrubs showed rapid expansion rates of 5.6% per decade at altitudes between 2400 m and 2500 m. Above 2500 m, vegetation coverage exhibited unexpected patterns of regression associated with increased precipitation and permafrost degradation. As these changes follow a sharp increase in both summer and annual temperatures after 1980, we suggest that vegetation of the alpine (2400-2800 m) and nival (above 2800 m) belts respond in a fast and flexible way, contradicting previous hypotheses that alpine and nival species appear to have a natural inertia and are able to tolerate an increase of 1-2°C in mean air temperature. |
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Cannone, Nicoletta Sgorbati, S Guglielmin, M. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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CANNONE, Nicoletta SGORBATI S GUGLIELMIN M. |
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CANNONE, Nicoletta SGORBATI S GUGLIELMIN M. |
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CANNONE, Nicoletta |
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Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation |
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Washington, DC : Ecological Society of America, c2003- |
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2007 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11392/470208 |
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