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A1 Hard rocks, a solid basement A2 Dynamic mountain climate A3 Snow and perennial ice A4 Slope processes and alpine soils A5 Disturbance as an ecological factor

B1 Alpine plant biodiversity B2 Patterns and processes in alpine vegetation B3 Why treelines? B4 Dynamics of subalpine forests B5 Plants and climatic stress B6 Alpine plants and water B7 Alpine plant nutrition B8 Alpine plants' carbon relations and growth B9 Atmospheric influences B10 Sex at high altitudes: plant reproduction B11 Clonal growth and longevity in alpine plants B12 Aquatic life: selection under extreme conditions

C1 Alpine fauna: habitats and adaptations C2 Alpine fauna: origin of species composition C3 Alpine fauna: food ecology C4 Herbivory C5 Impact of domestic livestock

D1A Quaternary paleoenvironments - archives D1B Quaternary paleoenvironments - methods D1C Quaternary paleoenvironments - results D2 Global Change

 

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