Anne O. Syverhuset

TL;DR: Recent changes in vascular plant species richness observed in a standardized monitoring network across Europe’s major mountain ranges are presented and indicate that high-altitude species, and in particular the rich endemic alpine flora of many Mediterranean mountain ranges, will come under increasing pressure in the predicted warmer and drier climates in this region.

TL;DR: Thermal differences caused by solar radiation determine plant species diversity on temperate mountains, and aspect can be a principal determinant of the pace of climate-induced migration processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the short-term changes in vascular plant species richness, species composition of lichen and vascular plant communities, and abundance of single species were studied at four summits representing an altitudinal gradient from the low alpine to the high alpine zone.