Are different facets of plant diversity well protected against climate and land cover changes? A test study in the French Alps.

Climate and land cover changes are important drivers of the plant species distributions and diversity patterns in mountainous regions. Although the need for a multifaceted view of diversity based on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic dimensions is now commonly recognized, there are no complete risk assessments concerning their expected changes. In this paper, we used a range of species distribution models in an ensemble-forecasting framework together with regional climate and land cover projections by 2080 to analyze the potential threat for more than 2,500 plant species at high resolution (2.

Anticipating the spatio-temporal response of plant diversity and vegetation structure to climate and land use change in a protected area.

Vegetation is a key driver of ecosystem functioning (. productivity and stability) and of the maintenance of biodiversity (. creating habitats for other species groups).