Climate change is causing extensive alterations to ecosystems globally, with some more
vulnerable than others. Alpine ecosystems, characterised by low-temperatures and …

Motivation More than half of Earth's species are contained in a mere 1.4% of its land area,
but the climates of many of these biodiversity hotspots are projected to disappear as a …

Soil bacteria are largely missing from future biodiversity assessments hindering
comprehensive forecasts of ecosystem changes. Soil bacterial communities are expected to …

Aim Describing the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biotic communities is critical for
understanding how environmental change can affect biodiversity. Mountains are especially …

Climate change and other global change drivers threaten plant diversity in mountains
worldwide. A widely documented response to such environmental modifications is for plant …

Mountain ecosystems are characterized by a diverse range of climatic and topographic
conditions over short distances and are known to shelter a high biodiversity. Despite …

Since the late 1990s, Nature's Contributions to People (NCPs; ie ecosystem services) were
used as a putative leverage for fostering nature preservation. NCPs have largely been …

Protected areas (PAs) play a critical role in conserving biodiversity and maintaining viable
populations of threatened species. Yet, as global change could reduce the future …

The Andean region is one of the most biodiverse areas, displaying high levels of endemism
and spatial turnover of species. Tribe Eudemeae includes nine genera and 40 species …

Mountains, representing storehouses of biodiversity, endemism and threatened species, are
biodiversity hotspots of great conservation importance. However, increasing evidence …