Rapid climatic changes and increasing human influence at high elevations around the world
will have profound impacts on mountain biodiversity. However, forecasts from statistical …

The early life-history stages of plants, such as germination and seedling establishment,
depend on favorable environmental conditions. Changes in the environment at high altitude …

The inclusion of environmental variation in studies of recruitment is a prerequisite for
realistic predictions of the responses of vegetation to a changing environment. We …

We review life-history variation along elevation in animals and plants and illustrate its
drivers, mechanisms and constraints. Elevation shapes life histories into suites of correlated …

Environmental filters act to limit the local community assemblage from the regional species
pool by restricting the viable trait states that can occur there. In alpine snowpatches, the …

Climate change is expected to increase fire activity and woody plant encroachment in arctic
and alpine landscapes. However, the extent to which these increases interact to affect the …

Little of our knowledge about invasibility comes from arctic and alpine ecosystems, despite
increasing plant migration and invasion in those regions. Here, we examine how community …

Alpine areas are both regional water reservoirs and zones of high species endemism.
Increasing temperatures and earlier snowmelt have already caused upward migration of …

Aim Many plant species reproduce clonally. However, ecologists still have much to learn
about the factors that shape large‐scale patterns in plant clonal growth and reproduction …

Abstract Background and Aims Seed persistence in soil depends on environmental factors
that affect seed dormancy and germination, such as temperature and water availability. In …