Intraspecific Functional Trait Response to Advanced Snowmelt Suggests Increase of Growth Potential but Decrease of Seed Production in Snowbed Plant Species

Trait means, trait plasticity and trait differences to other species jointly explain species performances in grasslands of varying diversity

(2018) Christiane Roscher et al.   OIKOS

Different temperature perception in high-elevation plants: new insight into phenological development and implications for climate change in the alpine tundra

(2018) Michele Carbognani et al.   OIKOS

Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation

(2018) Sabine B. Rumpf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Unexplored Side of Regeneration Niche: Seed Quantity and Quality Are Determined by the Effect of Temperature on Pollen Performance

(2018) Sergey Rosbakh et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Snowmelt Timing Regulates Community Composition, Phenology, and Physiological Performance of Alpine Plants

(2018) Daniel E. Winkler et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Seasonal dynamics of soil and plant nutrients at three environmentally contrasting sites along a sub-Arctic catchment sequence

(2017) Eva K. Koller et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Contrasting Effects of Extreme Drought and Snowmelt Patterns on Mountain Plants along an Elevation Gradient

(2017) Sergey Rosbakh et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Unprecedented heat wave in December 2015 and potential for winter glacier ablation in the eastern Alps

(2017) Renato R. Colucci et al.   Scientific Reports

Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset

(2016) Geoffrey Klein et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Spatial scale and intraspecific trait variability mediate assembly rules in alpine grasslands

(2016) Loïc Chalmandrier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bedrock geology interacts with altitude in affecting leaf growth and foliar nutrient status of mountain vascular plants

(2016) Renato Gerdol et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Trait-based plant ecology: moving towards a unifying species coexistence theory

(2016) Adrián Escudero et al.   OECOLOGIA

Micro-climatic controls and warming effects on flowering time in alpine snowbeds

(2016) Michele Carbognani et al.   OECOLOGIA

Snowbeds are more affected than other subalpine-alpine plant communities by climate change in the Swiss Alps

(2016) Magalì Matteodo et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Earlier snowmelt and warming lead to earlier but not necessarily more plant growth

(2016) Carolyn Livensperger et al.   AoB Plants

Bedrock geology interacts with altitude in affecting leaf growth and foliar nutrient status of mountain vascular plants

(2016) Renato Gerdol et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

With a little help from my friends: Community facilitation increases performance in the dwarf shrub Salix herbacea

(2015) J.A. Wheeler et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Leaf-trait plasticity and species vulnerability to climate change in a Mongolian steppe

(2015) Pierre Liancourt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Variations in functional diversity in snowbed plant communities determining snowbed continuity

(2015) B. Komac et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The Response of the Alpine Dwarf Shrub Salix herbacea to Altered Snowmelt Timing: Lessons from a Multi-Site Transplant Experiment

(2015) Janosch Sedlacek et al.   PLoS One

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus supply on growth and flowering phenology of the snowbed forb Gnaphalium supinum L.

(2014) Alessandro Petraglia et al.   FLORA

Identifying the driving factors behind observed elevational range shifts on European mountains

(2014) John-Arvid Grytnes et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt

(2014) J. A. Wheeler et al.   OECOLOGIA

Site-specific factors influence the richness and phenology of snowbed plants in the Pyrenees

(2014) M. Domènech et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

How well do seed production traits correlate with leaf traits, whole-plant traits and plant ecological strategies?

(2014) Simon Pierce et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Responses of flowering phenology of snowbed plants to an experimentally imposed extreme advanced snowmelt

(2014) Alessandro Petraglia et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones

(2014) Catherine Pickering et al.   Alpine Botany

Current vegetation changes in an alpine late snowbed community in the south-eastern Alps (N-Italy)

(2014) Michele Carbognani et al.   Alpine Botany

Elevation matters: contrasting effects of climate change on the vegetation development at different elevations in the Bavarian Alps

(2014) Sergey Rosbakh et al.   Alpine Botany

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

(2013) C. B. Sides et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats

(2013) Camilla Wellstein et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Phenology and seed setting success of snowbed plant species in contrasting snowmelt regimes in the Central Pyrenees

(2013) Artur Lluent et al.   FLORA

Intraspecific trait variability mediates the response of subalpine grassland communities to extreme drought events

(2013) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intra-specific and inter-specific variation in specific leaf area reveal the importance of abiotic and biotic drivers of species diversity across elevation and latitude

(2013) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Changes in alpine snowbed-wetland vegetation over three decades in northern Norway

(2013) Sylvi Marlen Sandvik et al.   NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Warming effects and plant trait control on the early-decomposition in alpine snowbeds

(2013) Michele Carbognani et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of nutrient amendments on modular growth, flowering effort and reproduction of snowbed plants

(2013) Alessandro Petraglia et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

21st century climate change in the European Alps—A review

(2013) Andreas Gobiet et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of snowmelt time on species richness, density and production in a late snowbed community

(2012) Michele Carbognani et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Alpine snow cover in a changing climate: a regional climate model perspective

(2012) Christian Steger et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Plant functional traits mediate reproductive phenology and success in response to experimental warming and snow addition in Tibet

(2012) Tsechoe Dorji et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Advanced snowmelt affects vegetative growth and sexual reproduction ofVaccinium myrtillusin a sub-alpine heath

(2012) Renato Gerdol et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change

(2012) Michael Gottfried et al.   Nature Climate Change

Elevation gradients of European climate change in the regional climate model COSMO-CLM

(2011) S. Kotlarski et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Effects of snowmelt timing and competition on the performance of alpine snowbed plants

(2011) Karl Hülber et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches

(2011) Susanna E. Venn et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Why does phenology drive species distribution?

(2010) I. Chuine   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Winter climate change in alpine tundra: plant responses to changes in snow depth and snowmelt timing

(2009) Sonja Wipf et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Intraseasonal climate and habitat-specific variability controls the flowering phenology of high alpine plant species

(2009) Karl Hülber et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

No increase in alpine snowbed productivity in response to experimental lengthening of the growing season

(2009) F. Baptist et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Patterns in alpine seedling emergence and establishment across a stress gradient of mountain summits in south-eastern Australia

(2009) Susanna E. Venn et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Bulbils contra seeds: reproductive investment in two species of Gagea (Liliaceae)

(2009) Martin Schnittler et al.   PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PHENOLOGY, FROST DAMAGE, AND FLORAL ABUNDANCE OF MONTANE WILDFLOWERS

(2008) David W. Inouye   ECOLOGY

Small-scale plant species distribution in snowbeds and its sensitivity to climate change

(2008) Christian Schöb et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region

(2007) Filippo Giorgi et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE