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July 13, 2026Ecography0 citationsOpen Access

Ice-Related Landforms as Refugia for High-Elevation Plants and Arthropods

Global threats, local opportunities: ice‐related landforms provide refugia for high‐elevation plants and arthropods

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MGMauro GobbiBVBarbara ValleMBMattia Brambilla

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Analysis of ice-related landforms reveals their role as refugia for high-elevation species in mountain ecosystems, suggesting conservation strategies.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how ice-related landforms influence the survival of cold-adapted species in mountain regions affected by climate change.
  • Analyzed occurrence data from 471 sampling points across the European Alps.
  • Standardized sampling for 209 high-elevation plant and arthropod species.
  • Examined the relationship between landform type and environmental predictors.
  • Forty-three species showed a negative response to temperature.
  • Debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers mitigated the negative temperature relationship for nine species (21%).
  • The impact of landforms varied by taxon, with carabid beetles showing maximum benefit and no observed effects for spiders.

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Gobbi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a54807d475c38bf615a55a7https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08695
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