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Nival Zone

The Nival Zone is a biogeographical altitudinal belt situated above the permanent snowline, distinguished by perpetual snow and ice cover and the absence of vegetative life, representing the highest elevation zone in mountain ecosystems.

61

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4.9K

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191

Authors

87

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Nival Belt

Parents

Publications

61

Climate change and plant distribution: local models predict high‐elevation persistence

Christophe F. Randin, Robin Engler, Signe Normand et al. · Global Change Biology · 2009 · 557 citations · Full text

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Signals of range expansions and contractions of vascular plants in the high Alps: observations (1994–2004) at the GLORIA<sup>*</sup> master site Schrankogel, Tyrol, Austria

Harald Pauli, Michael D. Gottfried, Karl Reiter et al. · Global Change Biology · 2006 · 482 citations · Full text

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Climate and the limits of permafrost: a zonal analysis

Michael W. Smith, D W Riseborough · Permafrost and Periglacial Processes · 2002 · 423 citations

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A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data

Christian Körner, Jens Paulsen, Eva Spehn · Alpine Botany · 2011 · 373 citations · Full text

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE MYCORRHIZAL STATUS OF SOME ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES

D. J. READ, K. Haselwandter · New Phytologist · 1981 · 331 citations · Full text

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Authors

191

  1. HP
    Harald Pauli

    Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. GG
    Georg Grabherr

    University of Vienna, Austria

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  3. MD
    Michael D. Gottfried

    Michigan State University, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

    6

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  4. MW
    Ming‐ko Woo

    McMaster University, Canada

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  5. KL
    Kathy L. Young

    York University, Canada

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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Institutions

87

  1. Universität Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    894 citations

  2. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    5 h-index

    22 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    681 citations

  4. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    165 citations

  5. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Austrian Academy of Sciences

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    113 citations

  7. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    394 citations

  8. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany

    Průhonice, Czechia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

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Venues

  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    3 publications · 348 citations

    3

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  2. Arctic and Alpine Research

    3 publications · 186 citations

    3

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  3. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

    3 publications · 507 citations

    3

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  4. Global Change Biology

    2 publications · 1K citations

    2

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  5. The Holocene

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

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