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Novel trophic interactions under climate change promote alpine plant coexistence

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 18 Dec 2020 Switzerland, France Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 370, pages 1,469-1,473 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

Authors: Camille Pitteloud; Camille Pitteloud; Patrice Descombes; Patrice Descombes; Patrice Descombes; Sergio Rasmann; Alan Kergunteuil; +5 Authors

doi: 10.1126/science.abd7015

pmid: 33335062

Novel trophic interactions under climate change promote alpine plant coexistence

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Abstract

Mountain ecology under climate change Climate warming causes shifts in the distributions of organisms and different organisms may move at different rates, resulting in changes in the composition and functioning of ecological communities. These effects are rarely considered in forecasts about the effects of climate change on biodiversity. Using experimental translocations, Descombes et al. investigated how differential upslope migration in alpine plants and their insect herbivores affects community interactions. Lowland herbivores modify the three-dimensional vegetation structure at higher altitudes, and this modified vegetation structure favors the coexistence of plant species, especially by favoring small-stature species. Reorganized trophic interactions will play an important role in driving plant community changes under future climate change. Science , this issue p. 1469

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Switzerland, France

Related Organizations

University of Geneva
Switzerland
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
France
University of Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Switzerland

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Keywords

Climate Change, Plants, Grassland, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Animals, Biomass, Herbivory, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Introduced Species

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