Image shows plants at the Andes, undated photo. A team of researchers from Vienna, Austria, showed that plant species are spreading to higher elevations, while more and more ancestral mountain plants are being displaced, including by species from Europe in the South American Andes. Note: Licensed content. (Harald Pauli, OeAW/Newsflash)
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24 July 2023
Manmade global warming is causing more and more plant species to migrate to the high Andes and displace rare mountain plants, boffins have revealed. According to a study recently published in the journal "Global Ecology and Biogeography", this worrying development will continue to...