mountain-ecology
Mountain ecology examines how plants and communities respond to the dramatic environmental gradients created by increasing elevation, including temperature, precipitation, UV radiation, and growing season length. These steep gradients make montane ecosystems natural laboratories for studying plant adaptation, community assembly, and biodiversity patterns. As climate change alters these gradients, mountain plant communities are among the most sensitive indicators of ecological shifts, making them critical to research on species range dynamics and ecosystem resilience.
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Rare Canary Islands shrub proves fragile against drought and frost
Endemic plants clinging to a single mountainside are the canaries in the coal mine for climate ti...
Development of a welfare assessment protocol for migratory goats in...
Health of migratory livestock directly affects the livelihoods of pastoral communities and the ec...