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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
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UMR LIVE 6554 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 3 Rue de l'Argonne, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Albin Ullmann
UMR BIOGEOSCIENCE 6282 CNRS, University of Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
Damien Ertlen
UMR LIVE 6554 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 3 Rue de l'Argonne, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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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.
Mountain grasslands are impacted by climate change and need to adapt. Low-mountain grasslands...
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