Snow cover is a crucial driver for plant species distributions in cold environments. The primary source of snow cover data used in distribution models is remotely sensed satellite imagery, which is characterized by coarser spatial resolutions than plot-scale observations of plant distributions. Does meter-scale snow data matter for modeling alpine plant distribution?

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111366

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Fine-scale alpine plant community assembly: Relative roles of environmental sorting, dispersal processes and species interactions

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.14401

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our webcams captured aurora borealis at Schrankogel (Stubaier Alps, Austria) in September 2023 #microclim

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/bockkogel/2023/09/25/0100