ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Concepts in Alpine Plant Ecology.
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- Community level trait patterns are detectable even along short stress gradients but not readily predictable under very limited soil resources.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Climate warming promotes growth in Himalayan alpine cushion plants but threatens survival through increased extreme snowfall.The New phytologist · 2025Article
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- Phenological responses of alpine snowbed communities to advancing snowmelt.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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Abstract
The alpine life zone is perhaps the only biome that occurs globally where mountains are high enough. At latitudinally varying elevation, the alpine belt hosts small stature plants that vary greatly in morphology, anatomy and physiology. In this contribution, I summarize a number of principles that govern life in what is often considered a cold and hostile environment. The 12 conceptual frameworks depicted include the key role of aerodynamic decoupling from free atmospheric climatic conditions, the problematic concepts of limitation and stress in an evolutionary context, and the role of developmental flexibility and functional diversity. With its topography driven habitat diversity, alpine plant diversity is buffered against environmental change, and the multitude of microclimatic gradients offers 'experiments by nature', the power of which awaits multidisciplinary exploration.
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