Abstract
In the current global warming phase, relict glacial areas are one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. They are “cold-spots” of biodiversity and of great interest both from the ecological and conservation point of view. We investigated the biological communities (plants and arthropods) hosted by one of the southernmost European glaciers: Calderone Glacier, the last preserved glacier of the Apennines mountain chain (Italy). We analyzed supraglacial debris and the nearby moraine and we found a rather diverse and peculiar biodiversity, which includes also new species. Some arthropods, such as the springtail Desoria calderonis, are particularly sensitive to the presence of ice at microtopographic level. Among plants, only Arabis alpina caucasica is able to grow on the supraglacial debris, perhaps because of factors related to the seed germination and seedling survival on this habitat type. Calderone glacier, with its particular biogeographic location, is probably currently acting as one of the last refugia for rare and endemic cryophilic species within the Mediterranean Region during the ongoing warm period.
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Claim · model-written summary
Supraglacial debris and nearby moraine of the Calderone Glacier hosted a rather diverse and peculiar biodiversity of plants and arthropods, including new species.
- Taxon
- plants and arthropodsArthropodaViridiplantaet0
- Outcome
- rather diverse and peculiar biodiversitye0
- Setting
- Apennines mountain chain (Italy)t1
Verbatim
e0“we found a rather diverse and peculiar biodiversity, which includes also new species”
t0“plants and arthropods”
t1“last preserved glacier of the Apennines mountain chain (Italy)”
Claim · model-written summary
Some arthropods, such as the springtail Desoria calderonis, are particularly sensitive to the presence of ice at microtopographic level.
- Taxon
- Desoria calderonis
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Desoria calderonise0 - Outcome
- particularly sensitive to the presence of icee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Some arthropods, such as the springtail Desoria calderonis, are particularly sensitive to the presence of ice at microtopographic level”
Claim · model-written summary
Among plants, only Arabis alpina caucasica is able to grow on the supraglacial debris.
- Taxon
- Arabis alpina caucasica
Arabis alpinae0 - Outcome
- able to grow on the supraglacial debrise0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among plants, only Arabis alpina caucasica is able to grow on the supraglacial debris, perhaps because of factors related to the seed germination and seedling survival on this habitat type”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth of Arabis alpina caucasica on supraglacial debris is perhaps explained by factors related to seed germination and seedling survival on this habitat.
- Taxon
- Arabis alpina caucasicaArabis alpinae0
- Outcome
- able to grow on the supraglacial debrise0
- Qualifier
- factors related to the seed germination and seedling survivale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among plants, only Arabis alpina caucasica is able to grow on the supraglacial debris, perhaps because of factors related to the seed germination and seedling survival on this habitat type”
Claim · model-written summary
Calderone glacier is probably acting as one of the last refugia for rare and endemic cryophilic species in the Mediterranean Region during the ongoing warm period.
Verbatim
e0“is probably currently acting as one of the last refugia for rare and endemic cryophilic species within the Mediterranean Region during the ongoing warm period”