Welcome to our November 2022 round-up of new publications! This list contains articles relevant to mountain research that you won't want to miss this month.

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Please note: The publications listed below may not necessarily have been published this month, but rather have come to our attention at this time. 


29 October - 30 November 2022

[Report] 9th Report on the State of the Alps - Alpine Towns

A stochastic cellular automaton model to describe the evolution of the snow-covered area across a high-elevation mountain catchment

An evaluation of freshwater monitoring programs in ILTER nodes and mountain national parks: identifying key variables to monitor global change effects

An integrative approach to evaluate ecosystem services of mountain lakes using multi-criteria decision analysis

[Report] Adaptation Gap Report 2022 - UN Environment Programme

Assessing Climate Change Exposure for the Adaptation of Conservation Management: The Importance of Scale in Mountain Landscapes

Bibliometric analysis of literature on mountain tourism in Scopus

Biodiversity mediates relationships between anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem services across global mountain, island and delta systems

Biophysical impacts of vegetation dynamics largely contribute to climate mitigation in High Mountain Asia

Change in the Urban Landscape of the Drakensberg Mountain Region, South Africa: A Case Study of Phuthaditjhaba

Climate change alters future distribution of mountain plants, a case study of Astragalus adscendens in Iran

Comparison of atmospheric CO, CO2 and CH4 measurements at Schneefernerhaus and the mountain ridge at Zugspitze

Consensus of Local Knowledge on landslide Hazard in Depopulated Mountain Communities in Japan – A Case Study on Matsunoyama Village

Consequences of the accessibility of the mountain national parks in Poland

Different range shifts and determinations of elevational redistributions of native and non-native plant species in Jinfo Mountain of subtropical China

Dynamic, downstream-propagating thermal vulnerability in a mountain stream network: Implications for biodiversity in the face of climate change

Ecological Constraints on Violence Avoidance Tactics in the Prehispanic Central Andes

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information

Effect of traditional livestock grazing on abundance of small mammals and activity of mountain vizcacha in the high central semi-arid Andes

Elevation dependence of projected hydro-climatic change in eastern Siberia

Elevation-dependent temperature response in early Eocene using paleoclimate model experiment

Exploring complex place-based coevolution of ecosystem and human activities: A case study of Qilian Mountain area in China

Factors affecting the availability of data on East African wildlife: the monitoring needs of conservationists are not being met

From the Crowded Valleys to the Preserved Summits: Mountain Sports Participants' Attitudes Toward Protected Areas in the Sprawling Urban Areas of the Northern French Alps

GABB: A global dataset of alpine breeding birds and their ecological traits

Glacial lake outburst flood hazard under current and future conditions: worst-case scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin

High spatial variability of biomass burning emissions observed at three Tibetan Plateau sites

Importance of grazing in the conservation of the traditional landscape of the merino passes in the Cantabrian mountain [in Spanish]

Long-term changes and periodicity of ice phenomena in the high mountain Lake Morskie Oko (Tatra Mountains, Western Carpathians)

Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security.

Low-cost mitigation strategies for community resilience in the Trans-Himalaya to address food and water scarcity in changing environment

Mapping Mountain Landforms and Its Dynamics: Study Cases in Tropical Environments

Mechanised Pits and Artisanal Tunnels: The Incongruences and Complementarities of Mining Investment in the Peruvian Andes

Modelling the impact of emigration upon social and economic development of the Carpathian region of Ukraine

Mountain farmers and ecosystems: changing land use and livelihoods in Mount Rungwe, Tanzania

Mountain Ferns: What Determines Their Elevational Ranges and How Will They Respond to Climate Change?

Permafrost degradation increases risk and large future costs of infrastructure on the Third Pole



[Book chapter] Perspectives on Hydro-Social Relations in Urban Mountain Contexts

Polycentricity and accessibility in mountain areas: the Alpine case

Protection status, human disturbance, snow cover and trapping drive density of a declining wolverine population in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Rethinking the Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Mountain Development and Protected Area Management in Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand

Revitalizing Collective Resources in Mountain Areas Through Community Engagement and Knowledge Cocreation

Role of community-based conservation and natural resource management in building climate resilience among vulnerable mountain societies

Showcasing the multifaceted aspects of agricultural transformation: The example of mountain oases in Oman

Simplified analysis of the influence of climate change on the melting of Chimborazo Mountain glacier using partial least squares (PLS) and remote sensing

Snowmelt risk telecouplings for irrigated agriculture

Species conflict at Earth’s edges – Contests, climate, and coveted resources

[Report] State of the Cryosphere Report 2022

The Andes Affect ENSO Statistics

The complex Andes region needs improved efforts to face climate extremes

The effect of wolves on the exit and voicing exit of Swiss mountain farmers

The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus

Towards Precise Drone-based Measurement of Elevation Change in Permafrost Terrain Experiencing Thaw and Thermokarst

Trends and spatial variations of rain-on-snow events over the High Mountain Asia

Uncertainty of ICESat-2 ATL06- and ATL08-derived snow depths for glacierized and vegetated mountain regions

Unravelling net primary productivity dynamics under urbanization and climate change in the western Himalaya

Volcanic trigger of ocean deoxygenation during Cordilleran ice sheet retreat

Warming alters elevation distributions of soil bacterial and fungal communities in alpine grasslands

Water stable isotopes reveal the hydrological response of Costa Rican glacial lakes to climate variability

[Report] World Heritage Glaciers: sentinels of climate change - UNESCO


Cover image by Arno Senoner

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