Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy)
Abstract During the last decades, a significant warming was observed in the Alps, cascading into a decrease in snowfall and snow-cover duration. Within the alpine landscape, snowbed communities are regarded as especially vulnerable to the predicted warmer temperatures and earlier snowmelt time. Albe...
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ftunivparmairis:oai:air.unipr.it:11381/2796509 2024-04-14T08:20:35+00:00 Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) CARBOGNANI, Michele TOMASELLI, Marcello PETRAGLIA, Alessandro Carbognani, Michele Tomaselli, Marcello Petraglia, Alessandro 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/11381/2796509 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-014-0135-x eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000343084400004 volume:124 issue:2 firstpage:105 lastpage:113 numberofpages:9 journal:ALPINE BOTANY http://hdl.handle.net/11381/2796509 doi:10.1007/s00035-014-0135-x info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84943015441 Alpine tundra Landscape biodiversity Climate change Invasion Species richness Vegetation dynamics info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftunivparmairis https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-014-0135-x 2024-03-21T18:17:53Z Abstract During the last decades, a significant warming was observed in the Alps, cascading into a decrease in snowfall and snow-cover duration. Within the alpine landscape, snowbed communities are regarded as especially vulnerable to the predicted warmer temperatures and earlier snowmelt time. Albeit snowbeds represent a prominent component of the tundra biome, the current vegetation dynamics of these habitats are not yet well understood. In this study, the changes of vascular species richness, co-occurrence, composition, and abundance were evaluated within a late snowbed in the south-eastern Alps. The study was based on a re-survey of 11 permanent plots after a 6-year period. Species richness and abundance significantly increased and species co-occurrence shifted toward higher species segregation. Moreover, the changes in species richness at different spatial scales were related to different environmental factors, and a change in the proportion between snowbed and non-snowbed plants was found. The results suggest an increasing importance of competitive interaction among species in determining the future structure and composition of this community. In conclusion, there is strong evidence that this snowbed community is not in equilibrium with the current climate, and that changes in floristic composition and functional processes of this habitat are underway Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Archivio della ricerca dell'Università di Parma (CINECA IRIS) Alpine Botany 124 2 105 113 |
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Abstract During the last decades, a significant warming was observed in the Alps, cascading into a decrease in snowfall and snow-cover duration. Within the alpine landscape, snowbed communities are regarded as especially vulnerable to the predicted warmer temperatures and earlier snowmelt time. Albeit snowbeds represent a prominent component of the tundra biome, the current vegetation dynamics of these habitats are not yet well understood. In this study, the changes of vascular species richness, co-occurrence, composition, and abundance were evaluated within a late snowbed in the south-eastern Alps. The study was based on a re-survey of 11 permanent plots after a 6-year period. Species richness and abundance significantly increased and species co-occurrence shifted toward higher species segregation. Moreover, the changes in species richness at different spatial scales were related to different environmental factors, and a change in the proportion between snowbed and non-snowbed plants was found. The results suggest an increasing importance of competitive interaction among species in determining the future structure and composition of this community. In conclusion, there is strong evidence that this snowbed community is not in equilibrium with the current climate, and that changes in floristic composition and functional processes of this habitat are underway |
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Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) |
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Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) |
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Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) |
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Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) |
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Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy) |
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current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern alps (n-italy) |
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