Climate change impacts are of a particular concern in small mountain ranges, where cold-
adapted plant species have their optimum zone in the upper bioclimatic belts. This is …

Here I examine the overexploitation of Artemisia granatensis, a narrow endemic medicinal
plant species from Sierra Nevada, Spain, and the consequences for its conservation. With …

We present the first standardized list of the vascular flora of the Cantabrian Mountains, a
transitional zone between the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean biogeographic regions in …

Conservation biology faces the challenge of safeguarding the ecosystem functions and
ecological processes (the water cycle, nutrients, energy flow, and community dynamics) that …

This study aims to analyze the effects that snow cover may have on the survival of one-year-
old seedlings from 15 different taxa in the Mediterranean high mountains (Sierra Nevada …

Mountain ecosystems are proving to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of global
change, with Mediterranean high mountains standing out as among the most susceptible …

Sierra Nevada, comprising 2348 vascular flora taxa (including 95 endemic taxa) is
considered one of the most important plant hotspots within the Mediterranean region. Sierra …

Phenological studies have a crucial role in the global change context. The Mediterranean
basin constitutes a key study site since strong climate change impacts are expected …

Biodiversity patterns along elevation gradients have long been studied for plants and
animals, but only quite recently for soil microorganisms, especially protists (eukaryotes …

Abstract The Sierra Nevada massif is a hotspot nested within a biodiversityhotspot in the
Western Mediterranean (the Baetic-Rifian range, divided by the Strait of Gibraltar), which in …