Photo: Eline Rentier, Suzette Flantua and Lotta Schultz
What does alpine biodiversity look like across the world’s mountains? How many alpine species are there? And do different mountains and taxonomic groups show similar biodiversity patterns? In my first PhD chapter and our new study we took a global look at alpine plants, reptiles, birds and mammals to find out.
Schultz, L., Mottl, O., Pacheco-Riaño, L.C., Rentier, E.S., Denelle, P., Dullinger, S., Kreft, H., Urbach, D., Snethlage, M., Testolin, R., Weigelt, P., Anderle, M., Arribas, Ó.J., Asefa, A., Burneo, S.F., Cadena, C.D., Covaci, B., Covaci, M., Erciyas-Yavuz, K., Fernández, J.A., Ghazaryan, A., Ghoddousi, A., Gokhale, P., Halloy, S., Hayrapetyan, T., Khan, M.Z., Khorozyan, I., Meiri, S., Menegon, M., Monks, J., Novillo, A., Pérez-Torres, J., Reid, D., Roll, U., Singh, P.B., Soyumert, A., Taylor, P.J., Thomas, O., Urbina-Cardona, J.N., Ursenbacher, S., Xu, W., Yoccoz, N.G., Zhang, D., Grytnes, J.-A., Flantua, S.G.A., 2026. Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide. Nat Commun. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75210-6