• Ecosystem services show variable responses to future climate conditions in the Colombian páramos 

      Diazgranados, Mauricio; Tovar, Carolina; Etherington, Thomas R.; Rodríguez-Zorro, Paula A.; Castellanos-Castro, Carolina; Rueda, Manuel Galvis; Flantua, Suzette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: The páramos, the high-elevation ecosystems of the northern Andes, are well-known for their high species richness and provide a variety of ecosystem services to local subsistence-based communities and regional ...
    • Globally important plant functional traits for coping with climate change 

      Kühn, Nicola; Tovar, Carolina; Carretero, Julia; Vandvik, Vigdis; Enquist, Brian J.; Willis, Katherine Jane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The last decade has seen a proliferation of studies that use plant functional traits to assess how plants respond to climate change. However, it remains unclear whether there is a global set of traits that can predict ...
    • Understanding climate change impacts on biome and plant distributions in the Andes: Challenges and opportunities 

      Tovar, Carolina; Carril, Andrea F.; Gutiérrez, Alvaro G.; Ahrends, Antje; Fita, Lluis; Zaninelli, Pablo; Flombaum, Pedro; Abarzúa, Ana M.; Alarcón, Diego; Aschero, Valeria; Báez, Selene; Barros, Agustina; Carilla, Julieta; Ferrero, M. Eugenia; Flantua, Suzette; Gonzáles, Paúl; Menéndez, Claudio G.; Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A.; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruscica, Romina C.; Särkinen, Tiina; Sörensson, Anna A.; Srur, Ana; Villalba, Ricardo; Hollingsworth, Peter M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim: Climate change is expected to impact mountain biodiversity by shifting species ranges and the biomes they shape. The extent and regional variation in these impacts are still poorly understood, particularly in the ...