| Authors | M. Rogora, L. Frate, M.L. Carranza, M. Freppaz, A. Stanisci, I. Bertani, R. Bottarin, A. Brambilla, R. Canullo, M. Carbognani, C. Cerrato, S. Chelli, E. Cremonese, M. Cutini, M. Di Musciano, B. Erschbamer, D. Godone, M. Iocchi, M. Isabellon, A. Magnani, L. Mazzola, U. Morra di Cella, H. Pauli, M. Petey, B. Petriccione , F. Porro, R. Psenner, G. Rossetti, A. Scotti, R. Sommaruga, U. Tappeiner, J.-P. Theurillat, M. Tomaselli, D. Viglietti, R. Viterbi, P. Vittoz, M. Winkler, G. Matteucci |
| Text | 381359 2018 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.155 ISI Web of Science WOS 000426355900142 Scopus 2 s2.0 85039169674 Snow cover Long term research climate change vascular plants soil freshwater Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross site analysis in the Alps and Apennines M. Rogora, L. Frate, M.L. Carranza, M. Freppaz, A. Stanisci, I. Bertani, R. Bottarin, A. Brambilla, R. Canullo, M. Carbognani, C. Cerrato, S. Chelli, E. Cremonese, M. Cutini, M. Di Musciano, B. Erschbamer, D. Godone, M. Iocchi, M. Isabellon, A. Magnani, L. Mazzola, U. Morra di Cella, H. Pauli, M. Petey, B. Petriccione , F. Porro, R. Psenner, G. Rossetti, A. Scotti, R. Sommaruga, U. Tappeiner, J. P. Theurillat, M. Tomaselli, D. Viglietti, R. Viterbi, P. Vittoz, M. Winkler, G. Matteucci a CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study, Verbania Pallanza, Italy b DIBT, Envix Lab, University of Molise, Pesche IS , Italy c DISAFA, NatRisk, University of Turin, Grugliasco TO , Italy d Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan, 625 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA e Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment, Bolzano BZ , Italy f Alpine Wildlife Research Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park, Degioz AO 11, Valsavarenche, Italy g Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland h School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management Unit, University of Camerino MC , Italy i Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability University of Parma, Parma, Italy j Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley, ARPA VdA, Climate Change Unit, Aosta, Italy k Department of Science, University of Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi, 446 00146 Rome, Italy l Department of Life Health Environmental Sciences, University of L Aquila Via Vetoio, 67100 L Aquila, Italy m University of Innsbruck, Institute of Botany, Sternwartestr 15, A 6020 Insbruck, Austria n CNR IRPI Geohazard Monitoring Group, Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino, Italy o DISAFA, University of Turin, Grugliasco TO , Italy p Sciences and Technologies for Environment and Resources, University of Parma, Italy q GLORIA Coordination, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences Center for Global Change and Sustainability, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna BOKU , Silbergasse 30/3, 1190 Vienna, Austria r Carabinieri, Biodiversity and Park Protection Dpt., Roma, Italy s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy t Lake and Glacier Research Group, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr, 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria u Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 33/A, 43100 Parma, Italy v Centre Alpien de Phytogeographie, Fondation J. M. Aubert, 1938 Champex Lac, Switzerland, Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1292 Chambesy, Switzerland w Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Geopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland CNR ISAFOM, Ercolano NA , Italy Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long term studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high elevation ecosystems to climate change and other anthropogenic drivers from a broad ecological perspective. Mountain research sites within the LTER Long Term Ecological Research network are representative of various types of ecosystems and span a wide bioclimatic and elevational range. Here, we present a synthesis and a review of the main results from ecological studies in mountain ecosystems at 20 LTER sites in Italy, Switzerland and Austria covering in most cases more than two decades of observations. We analyzed a set of key climate parameters, such as temperature and snow cover duration, in relation to vascular plant species composition, plant traits, abundance patterns, pedoclimate, nutrient dynamics in soils and water, phenology and composition of freshwater biota. The overall results highlight the rapid response of mountain ecosystems to climate change, with site specific characteristics and rates. As temperatures increased, vegetation cover in alpine and subalpine summits increased as well. Years with limited snow cover duration caused an increase in soil temperature and microbial biomass during the growing season. Effects on freshwater ecosystems were also observed, in terms of increases in solutes, decreases in nitrates and changes in plankton phenology and benthos communities. This work highlights the importance of comparing and integrating long term ecological data collected in different ecosystems for a more comprehensive overview of the ecological effects of climate change. Nevertheless, there is a need for i adopting co located monitoring site networks to improve our ability to obtain sound results from cross site analysis, ii carrying out further studies, in particular short term analyses with fine spatial and temporal resolutions to improve our understanding of responses to extreme events, and iii increasing comparability and standardizing protocols across networks to distinguish local patterns from global patterns. 624 Published version https //www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717335817 Rogora etal_STOTEN Versione pubblicata Rogora etal_STOTEN_2018.pdf Articolo in rivista Elsevier 0048 9697 Science of the total environment Science of the total environment Sci. total environ. danilofrancescostefano.godone GODONE DANILO FRANCESCO STEFANO michela.rogora ROGORA MICHELA giorgio.matteucci MATTEUCCI GIORGIO TA.P05.010.001 Tecniche e tecnologie per il monitoraggio dei parametri che caratterizzano le evoluzioni morfologiche di alvei e versanti instabili. 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