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Climate warming causing plant species to move up in elevation, leaving trees behind
Friday, June 27, 2008
An analysis of forest species in six French mountain ranges shows that more than two thirds of plant species moved at least 60 feet higher on the mountainsides per decade during the 20th century. Previous research has shown that plants at the highest elevations on mountains (and in the polar regions) have been shifting to adjust to global warming. But this is the first confirmation that entire ecosystems in lower, more temperate regions are moving as well.
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