Gianalberto Losapio et al. addressed the effects of #GlacierRetreat on plant functional diversity by integrating plant traits with ecological indicator values across a 140-year chronosequence in a subalpine glacier landscape.

#AlpineEcosystems | #BiodiversityChange | #ClimateChange | #CommunityDynamics | #GlobalWarming | #LandoltValues | #PlantFunctionalTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf110

💡 Ecological indicators predict functional diversity dynamics following #GlacierRetreat

Results:
Glacier retreat ➡️ Functional richness & functional dispersion ⬇️, functional evenness & functional divergence ⬆️

#AlpineEcosystems | #BiodiversityChange | #ClimateChange | #CommunityDynamics | #GlobalWarming | #LandoltValues | #PlantFunctionalTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf110

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Ecological indicators predict functional diversity dynamics following #GlacierRetreat

#AlpineEcosystems | #BiodiversityChange | #CommunityDynamics | #GlobalWarming | #LandoltValues | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #ClimateChange

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf110