D. Grossenbacher

EARLY SIGNS OF ECOSYSTEM TRANSITION: THIRTY YEARS OF SUBALPINE and ALPINE VEGETATION CHANGE IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

Subalpine and alpine regions in California are rapidly warming. In response, high-elevation plants may acclimate or adapt to the new climate, move to higher elevations or latitudes, persist in refugia, or go extinct. Although shifts in high-elevation plant communities have been documented in other regions of the world,...