Combined effects of topography, soil moisture, and snow cover regimes on growth responses of grasslands in a low- mountain range (Vosges, France)

Herrault, Pierre-Alexis; Ullmann, Albin; Ertlen, Damien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-705-2025

Articles | Volume 22, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-705-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-705-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 3

Research article

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07 Feb 2025

Research article |

| 07 Feb 2025

Combined effects of topography, soil moisture, and snow cover regimes on growth responses of grasslands in a low- mountain range (Vosges, France)

Pierre-Alexis Herrault, Albin Ullmann, and Damien Ertlen

Data sets

Productivity and phenological metrics of low mountain grasslands (Vosges mountains) estimated with MODIS time series Herrault Pierre-Alexis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10204065

Model code and software

Article-Phenology-of-Low-Mountain-Grasslands Herrault Pierre-Alexis et al. https://github.com/herrault/Article-Phenology-of-Low-Mountain-Grasslands/tree/main

Short summary

Mountain grasslands are impacted by climate change and need to adapt. Low-mountain grasslands are poorly understood compared to high-mountain massifs. Thanks to satellite archives, we found that grasslands occurring in the Vosges Mountains (France) exhibited stable productivity or tended to decrease in specific regions of the massif, with a reverse signal observed in high-mountain massifs. We also noted a high responsiveness in their growth strategy to soil moisture, snow regime, and topography.