Articles

1. Glacier retreat triggers changes in biodiversity and plant–pollinator interaction diversity

   • Bao Ngan Tu
   • Nora Khelidj
   • Gianalberto Losapio

   Original Article Open access 09 April 2024

   

2. Floral and pollinator functional diversity mediate network structure along an elevational gradient

   • Luis A. Aguirre
   • Robert R. Junker

   Original Article Open access 16 March 2024

   

3. The impacts of interannual climate variation on pollination network structure of a sub-alpine meadow: from 2008 to 2021

   • Qiang Fang
   • Tao Zhang
   • Yage Li

   Original Article 15 March 2024

   

4. The uneven distribution of refugial endemics across the European Alps suggests a threefold role of climate in speciation of refugial populations

   • Joachim W. Kadereit

   Opinion Paper Open access 01 March 2024

   

5. Experimental evidence, global patterns of treeline position and climate provide no substance for a lignin limitation hypothesis of tree growth

   • Christian Körner
   • Erika Hiltbrunner
   • Günter Hoch

   Opinion Paper Open access 19 February 2024

   

6. Genetic underpinning of historical afforestation with allochthonous Pinus cembra in the northwestern Swiss Alps

   • Vincent Sonnenwyl
   • Benjamin Dauphin
   • Felix Gugerli

   Original Article Open access 18 December 2023

   

7. Floral attractants in an alpine environment: linking floral volatiles, flower size and pollinators

   • Yesenia Martínez-Díaz
   • Francisco J. Espinosa-García
   • Eduardo Cuevas

   Original Article 28 November 2023

   

8. Positive and negative plant−plant interactions influence seedling establishment at both high and low elevations

   • Chantal M. Hischier
   • Janneke Hille Ris Lambers
   • Jake M. Alexander

   Original Article Open access 24 November 2023

   

9. Molecular evidence and environmental niche evolution at the origin of the disjunct distribution in three mountain endemic Tephroseris (Asteraceae) of the Mediterranean basin

   • Martino Adamo
   • Katarina Skokanová
   • Marco Mucciarelli

   Original Article Open access 08 September 2023 Pages: 117 - 133

   

10. Plant diversity and composition vary with elevation on two equatorial high mountains in Uganda: baselines for assessing the influence of climate change

    • Fredrick Ssali
    • Badru Mugerwa
    • Stephan Halloy

    Original Article 03 September 2023 Pages: 149 - 161

    

11. Experimental evidence for a thermal limitation of plant cell wall lignification at the alpine treeline

    • Ulf Büntgen

    Opinion Article Open access 27 August 2023 Pages: 179 - 182

    

12. Implementing spatial analyses to measure angiosperm biodiversity from the high-altitude grasslands of the Atlantic forest

    • Igor M. Kessous
    • Leandro Freitas

    Original Article 10 July 2023 Pages: 163 - 178

    

13. High-mountain phylogeography in the Balkan Peninsula: isolation pattern in a species of alpine siliceous grasslands and its possible background

    • Michał Ronikier
    • Nevena Kuzmanović
    • Niklaus E. Zimmermann

    Original Article Open access 01 July 2023 Pages: 101 - 115

    

14. Evolutionary distinctiveness with incomplete isolation of the narrow endemic alpine plant Saxifraga delphinensis Ravaud

    • Alex Baumel
    • Cristina Roquet
    • Matthieu Charrier

    Original Article 24 June 2023 Pages: 85 - 99

    

15. Factors determining the distribution of Erica patches on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

    • Betelhem Mekonnen
    • Bruno Glaser
    • Wolfgang Zech

    Original Article Open access 10 May 2023 Pages: 135 - 147

    

16. Phylogeny and phenotypic adjustments drive functional traits in Rhododendron across elevations in its diversity hot-spot in W-China

    • Jin-Mei Liu
    • Jurriaan M. de Vos
    • Yang Yang

    Original Article 23 April 2023 Pages: 69 - 84

    

17. Chronic in situ tissue cooling does not reduce lignification at the Swiss treeline but enhances the risk of ‘blue’ frost rings

    • Christian Körner
    • Armando Lenz
    • Günter Hoch

    Short Communication Open access 28 February 2023 Pages: 63 - 67

    

18. Dieback of the cushion plant Silene acaulis at its southern limit of distribution in the Apennines

    • Giuliano Bonanomi
    • Mohamed Idbella
    • Giulio Tesei

    Original Article 04 February 2023 Pages: 57 - 62

    

19. Adaptive evolutionary divergence of populations persisting in warming cold-stage refugia: candidate examples from the periphery of the European Alps

    • Joachim W. Kadereit

    Review 19 November 2022 Pages: 1 - 10

20. Festuca apennina × F. pratensis triploid hybrids exceed their parents in adaptation to broad-environmental conditions

    • Beat Boller
    • Manuel K. Schneider
    • David Kopecky

    Original Article 09 October 2022 Pages: 43 - 55

    

21. Two decades of climate change alters seed longevity in an alpine herb: implications for ex situ seed conservation

    • F. J. White
    • F. R. Hay
    • A. Mondoni

    Original Article Open access 06 October 2022 Pages: 11 - 20

    

22. Introgression of an isolated Primula lineage suggests the existence of a glacial refugium in the Écrins range (Southwestern French Alps)

    • Camille Voisin
    • Cédric Dentant
    • Florian C. Boucher

    Original Article 23 September 2022 Pages: 21 - 33

    

23. Effects of an actinorhizal shrub on the nitrogen status of the soil and neighboring plants in an alpine meadow of the Tibetan Plateau

    • Lingyan Hu
    • Jiuma Sai
    • Peng Wang

    Original Article 11 August 2022 Pages: 35 - 41

    

24. Clonality and genetic structure of an endangered aquatic plant, Typha minima, in the French Alps: consequences for conservation

    • Irène Till-Bottraud
    • Jacky Girel
    • Noémie Fort

    Original Article 11 July 2022 Pages: 257 - 271

    

25. Alpine plant communities differ in their seed germination requirements along a snowmelt gradient in the Caucasus

    • Sergey Rosbakh
    • Eduardo Fernández-Pascual
    • Vladimir Onipchenko

    Original Article Open access 28 June 2022 Pages: 223 - 232

    

26. Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys

    • Miro Bergauer
    • Iwona Dembicz
    • Jürgen Dengler

    Original Article Open access 22 June 2022 Pages: 195 - 209

    

27. Mesoscale refugia for European alpine grasslands based on climatic envelopes

    • George P. Malanson
    • Riccardo Testolin
    • Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

    Original Article 28 May 2022 Pages: 169 - 180

    

28. Novel plant communities after glacial retreat in Colombia: (many) losses and (few) gains

    • Fabien Anthelme
    • Ines Carrasquer
    • Gwendolyn Peyre

    Original Article 12 May 2022 Pages: 211 - 222

    

29. Pollination-associated shortening of the functional flower lifespan in an alpine species of Alstroemeria and the water content of flowers

    • Mary T. K. Arroyo
    • Marcela Cuartas-Domínguez
    • Ángela Sierra-Almeida

    Original Article 19 April 2022 Pages: 245 - 256

    

30. Bryophyte responses to experimental climate change in a mid-latitude forest-line ecotone

    • Yoshitaka Oishi
    • Hajime Kobayashi
    • Tanaka Kenta

    Original Article 17 March 2022 Pages: 329 - 336

    

31. Plant evolutionary ecology in mountain regions in space and time

    • Christian Parisod
    • Sébastien Lavergne
    • Joachim W. Kadereit

    Editorial Open access 12 February 2022 Pages: 1 - 4

32. Elevational variation of the seasonal dynamic of carbohydrate reserves in an alpine plant of Mediterranean mountains

    • Claudia Reyes-Bahamonde
    • Frida I. Piper
    • Lohengrin A. Cavieres

    Original Article 07 February 2022 Pages: 315 - 327

    

33. Intraspecific genetic consequences of Pleistocene climate change on Lupinus microphyllus (Fabaceae) in the Andes

    • Diana L. A. Vásquez
    • Michael Møller Hansen
    • Roswitha Schmickl

    Original Article 28 January 2022 Pages: 273 - 284

    

34. Correction to: Center of origin and evolutionary history in the high Andean genus Oritrophium (Astereae, Asteraceae)

    • Luciana Salomón
    • Marcela V. Nicola
    • Petr Sklenář

    Correction 27 January 2022 Pages: 337 - 337

35. Effects of nurse shrubs on symbioses between soil fungi and associated plants along a tropical alpine elevation gradient

    • Karla Cáceres-Mago
    • Alicia Cáceres
    • Luis D. Llambí

    Original Article 29 November 2021 Pages: 285 - 300

    

36. Intensity, frequency and rate of insect herbivory for an alpine Rhododendron shrub: elevational patterns and leaf-age effects

    • Guangshuai Cui
    • Lin Zhang
    • Eryuan Liang

    Original Article 20 November 2021 Pages: 233 - 243

    

37. Manipulation of phyllosphere bacterial communities reversibly alters the plant microbiome and leaf traits in the field

    • Lisa-Maria Ohler
    • Sarah Seeleitner
    • Robert R. Junker

    Original Article Open access 19 November 2021 Pages: 301 - 314

    

38. Center of origin and evolutionary history in the high Andean genus Oritrophium (Astereae, Asteraceae)

    • Luciana Salomón
    • Marcela V. Nicola
    • Petr Sklenář

    Original Article Open access 26 October 2021 Pages: 123 - 139

    

39. Changes in plant composition and diversity in an alpine heath and meadow after 18 years of experimental warming

    • Juha M. Alatalo
    • Mohammad Bagher Erfanian
    • Annika K. Jägerbrand

    Original Article 09 October 2021 Pages: 181 - 193

    

40. Distribution changes in páramo plants from the equatorial high Andes in response to increasing temperature and humidity variation since 1880

    • Petr Sklenář
    • Katya Romoleroux
    • Pierre Moret

    Original Article 18 September 2021 Pages: 201 - 212

    

41. Effects of drainage reorganization on phytogeographic pattern in Sino-Himalaya

    • Hang Sun
    • Zhimin Li
    • Tao Deng

    Review 03 September 2021 Pages: 141 - 151

    

42. Afro-alpine flagships revisited II: elucidating the evolutionary relationships and species boundaries in the giant senecios (Dendrosenecio, Asteraceae)

    • Abel Gizaw
    • Juan Manuel Gorospe
    • Roswitha Schmickl

    Original Article 01 September 2021 Pages: 89 - 105

    

43. Incongruences between nuclear and plastid phylogenies challenge the identification of correlates of diversification in Gentiana in the European Alpine System

    • Adrien Favre
    • Juraj Paule
    • Jana Ebersbach

    Original Article Open access 20 August 2021 Pages: 29 - 50

    

44. Mountain definitions and their consequences

    • Christian Körner
    • Davnah Urbach
    • Jens Paulsen

    Short Communication Open access 11 August 2021 Pages: 213 - 217

    

45. Endemics determine bioregionalization in the alpine zone of the Irano-Anatolian biodiversity hotspot (South-West Asia)

    • Jalil Noroozi
    • Sina Khalvati
    • Gerald M. Schneeweiss

    Original Article Open access 04 August 2021 Pages: 177 - 186

    

46. Plant speciation in the face of recurrent climate changes in the Alps

    • Christian Parisod

    Review Open access 29 July 2021 Pages: 21 - 28

    

47. Addressing alpine plant phylogeography using integrative distributional, demographic and coalescent modeling

    • Dennis J. Larsson
    • Da Pan
    • Gerald M. Schneeweiss

    Review Open access 29 July 2021 Pages: 5 - 19

    

48. Competition-free gaps are essential for the germination and recruitment of alpine species along an elevation gradient in the European Alps

    • Vera Margreiter
    • Janette Walde
    • Brigitta Erschbamer

    Original Article Open access 27 July 2021 Pages: 135 - 150

    

49. History and evolution of the afroalpine flora: in the footsteps of Olov Hedberg

    • Christian Brochmann
    • Abel Gizaw
    • Berit Gehrke

    Review Open access 19 July 2021 Pages: 65 - 87

    

50. Aboveground-trait variations in 11 (sub)alpine plants along a 1000-m elevation gradient in tropical Mexico

    • Nereyda Cruz-Maldonado
    • Monique Weemstra
    • Fabien Anthelme

    Original Article 02 July 2021 Pages: 187 - 200