Glaciers are retreating globally, and the resulting ice-free areas provide an experimental
system for understanding species colonization patterns, community formation, and …

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 …

We analysed the sensitivity of European Trichoptera (caddisfly) species to climate change
impacts based on their distribution and ecological preferences, and compared the fraction of …

The knowledge on spiders of the Czech Republic has substantially improved since the
second version of the national Red List was published, mainly due to large-scale field …

Alpine habitats are one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to environmental change,
however, little information is known about the drivers of plant–fungal interactions in these …

The mechanisms underlying plant succession remain highly debated. Due to the local scope
of most studies, we lack a global quantification of the relative importance of species addition …

Aboveground, large and higher trophic‐level organisms often respond more strongly to
environmental changes than small and lower trophic‐level organisms. However, whether …

Pioneer communities establishing themselves in the barren terrain in front of glacier
forelands consist principally of predator species such as carabid beetles and lycosid …

Alpine ecosystems are important globally with high levels of endemic and rare species.
Given that they will be highly impacted by climate change, understanding biotic factors that …