Dany Ghosn

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: In this article, the authors present recent (2001 to 2008) changes in vascular plant species richness observed in a standardized monitoring network across Europe's major mountain ranges, showing that European mountaintop flower species richness is increasing on northern summits but decreasing on southern summits.

TL;DR: The stress gradient hypothesis suggests a shift from predominant competition to facilitation along gradients of increasing environmental severity to cause parallel changes from prevailing spatial segregation to aggregation among the species within a community.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the vascular flora and local climate along an altitudinal gradient in the Lefka Ori massif Crete and evaluated the potential effects of climate change on the plant diversity of the sub-alpine and alpine zones.

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.