Simple Summary Due to climate change, glaciers are retreating. On newly deglaciated
ground, ecosystems gradually evolve through the process of primary succession. This gives …

Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

During interglacial stages, microrefugia are sites that support locally favorable climates
within larger areas with unfavorable warmer climates. Despite recent theoretical …

Mountains are global biodiversity hotspots where cold environments and their associated
ecological communities are threatened by climate warming. Considerable research attention …

Ecosystems shaped by retreating glaciers provide a unique opportunity to study the order
and timing of biotic colonization, and how this influences the structure of successive …

Glacial environments are considered geomorphosites because they exhibit all of the
features that characterise sites of geomorphological interest. The Miage Glacier, in …

Virgin grounds left free by melting glaciers offer unique possibilities to study colonization
processes and succession patterns by biological communities. Here, we summarize recent …

Aim of this paper is to provide the first comprehensive synthesis about ground beetle
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) distribution in high altitude habitats. Specifically, the attention is …

Background and purpose: The approaches to the impact of climate change on carabid
beetles are highly differentiated. We review here most studies that tried to compare past …

High-elevation cold environments are considered ideal places to test hypotheses about
mechanisms of bacterial colonization and succession, and about bacterial biogeography …