Published documents

Abegg B (2009) Swiss Equity Magazin, Special Tourismus, pp 52-53

Alexander J, Küffer C, Daehler C., Edwards PJ, Pauchard A, Seipel T & MIREN Consortium (2011) Assembly of non-native floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 656-666

Beniston M (2012) Impacts of climatic change on water and associated economic activities in the Swiss Alps. Journal of Hydrology 412-413: 291-296

Cannone N, Sgorbati S, Guglielmin M (2007) Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation. Front Ecol Environ 5: 360-364

Elmendorf SC, Henry GHR, Hollister RD, Björk RG, Bjorkman AD, Callaghan TV, Collier LS, Cooper EJ, Cornelissen JHC, Day TA, Fosaa AM, Gould WA, Gretarsdottir J, Harte J, Hermanutz L, Hik DS, Hofgaard A, Jarrad F, Jonsdottir IS, Keuper F, Klanderud K, Klein JA, Koh S, Kudo G, Lang SI, Loewen V, May JL, Mercado J, Michelsen A, Molau U, Myers-Smith IH, Oberbauer SF, Pieper S, Post E, Rixen C, Robinson CH, Schmidt NM, Shaver GR, Stenström A, Tolvanen A, Totland O, Troxler T, Wahren C-H, Webber PJ, Welker JM, Wookey PA (2012) Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time. Ecology Letters 15: 164-175

Frey A (2009) Die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf den Bergführerberuf. Diploma thesis, Geographical Institute, University Zurich

IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report

Jump AS, Huang T-J, Chou C-H (2012) Rapid altitudinal migration of mountain plants in Taiwan and its implications for high altitude biodiversity. Ecography 35: 204-210

Jurasinski G, Kreyling J (2007) Upward shift of alpine plants increases floristic similarity of mountain summits. J Veg Sci 18: 711-718

Juvik JO, Rodomsky BT, Price JP, Hansen EW, Küffer C (2011) ‘‘The upper limits of vegetation on Mauna Loa, Hawaii’’: a 50th-anniversary reassessment. Ecology 92: 518-525

Kallenborn R (2006) Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as environmental risk factors in remote high-altitude ecosystems. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 63: 100-107

Körner C (2009) Climate Change in the Mountains - Who Wins and Who Loses? Sustainable Mountain Development 55: 7-9

Kudernatsch T, Fischer A, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Abs C (2008) Short-term effects of temperature enhancement on growth and reproduction of alpine grassland species. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 263-274

Kudo G, Kimura M, Kasagi T, Kawai Y, Hirao AS (2010) Habitat-Specific Responses of Alpine Plants to Climatic Amelioration: Comparison of Fellfield to Snowbed Communities. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Res 42: 438-448

Kullmann L (2007) Long-term geobotanical observations of climate change impacts in the Scandes of West-Central Sweden. Nordic Journal of Botany 24: 445-467

Marty C (2009) Natural Hazards and Risk in Mountains: The Potential Impacts of Climate Change. In Kohler T, Maselli D (eds) Mountains and Climate Change: From Understanding to Action, pp 31-40

Munoz AA, Cavieres LA (2008) The presence of a showy inva- sive plant disrupts pollinator service and reproductive output in native alpine species only at high densities. J Ecol 96: 459-67

Noel NM, Finch O-D (2010) Effects of the abandonment of alpine summer farms on spider assemblages (Araneae). J Insect Conserv 14: 427-438

Ozgul A, Childs DZ, Oli MK, Armitage KB, Blumstein DT, Olson LE, Tuljapurkar S, Coulson T (2010) Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change. Nature 466 doi:10.1038/nature09210

Parolo G, Rossi G (2008) Upward migration of vascular plants following a climate warming trend in the Alps. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 100-107

Pauchard A, Küffer C, Dietz H, Daehler CC, Alexander J, Edwards PJ, Arevalo JR, Cavieres L, Guisan A, Haider S, Jakobs G, McDougall K, Millar CI, Naylor BJ, Parks CG, Rew LJ, Seipel T (2009) Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 479-486

Schädler B, Weingartner R (2010) Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Alpine Regions of Switzerland. In: Bundi U (ed) Alpine Waters, Hdb Env Chem 6: 59-69

Scheepens JF, Stöcklin J (2013) Flowering phenology and reproductive fitness along a mountain slope: maladaptive responses to transplantation to a warmer climate in Campanula thyrsoides. Oecologia 171: 679-691

Scherrer D, Körner C (2011) Topographically controlled thermal-habitat differentiation buffers alpine plant diversity against climate warming. J Biogeogr 38: 406-416

Theurillat J-P, Guisan A (2001) Potential impact of climate change on vegetation in the European Alps: A review. Climatic Change 50: 77-109

Wipf S, Stöckli V, Herz K, Rixen C (2013) The oldest monitoring site of the Alps revisited: accelerated increase in plant species richness on Piz Linard summit since 1835. Plant Ecology & Diversity http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2013.764943