Indicators of climate: Ecrins National Park participates in long-term monitoring to help determine the effects of climate change
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: In accordance with their mission and as part of their long-term observation work, Ecrins National Park (NP) is making important contributions to the study and monitoring of phenomena related to climate change. Its work takes information collected at different meteorological stations and supplements it with analyses of vegetation changes through aerial and satellite images, measuring and monitoring of glaciers, and interdisciplinary programmes focused on high-altitude lakes, mountain pastures and indicator species. Through its mission and long-term observations, Ecrins NP (http://www.ecrinsparcnational. fr/) contributes to the environmental surveillance of many ecosystems. Working within many different networks and in partnership with various research teams, the park participates in the development of a better understanding of the important changes taking place.
Authors: Richard Bonet, Fabien Arnaud, Xavier Bodin, Michel Bouche, Isabelle Boulangeat, Philippe Bourdeau, Martial Bouvier, Laurent Cavalli, Philippe Choler, Anne Delestrade, Cédric Dentant, Dominique Dumas, Laurent Fouinat, Marie Gardent, Sébastien Lavergne, Emmanuel Naffrechoux, Yann Nellier, Marie-Elodie Perga, Clotilde Sagot, Olivier Senn, Wilfried Thuiller
Institutions: Ecrins National Park, Laboratoire Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne, Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Laboratoire des écosystèmes et sociétés en montagne, Laboratoire Pacte, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale, Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine, Environnement, ville, société, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et les Ecosystèmes Limniques
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $431
OpenAlex ID: W2529486232