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, Roger Michel Henri, 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 UPJV (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquén (UNCOMA), Universidad de Concepción = University of Concepción Chile (UdeC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Alien plant invaders; climate change; disturbance; invasibility; invasive species; mountain topography; species distributions; subarctic; [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Stepping Stones; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02352604; https://hal.science/hal-02352604/document; https://hal.science/hal-02352604/file/Lembrechts_al_2018_Ecography.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03263

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...