Think globally, measure locally:The MIREN standardized
protocol for monitoring species distributions along elevation gradients
Sylvia Haider1,2,x, Jonas J.
Lembrechts3,x, Keith McDougall4,
Aníbal Pauchard5,6, Jake M.
Alexander7, Agustina Barros8,
Lohengrin A. Cavieres9,6, Irfan
Rashid10, Lisa J. Rew11, Alla
Aleksanyan12,13, José R. Arévalo14,
Valeria Aschero8, Chelsea Chisholm7,
V. Ralph Clark15, Jan Clavel3,
Curtis Daehler16, Pervaiz A. Dar17,
Hansjörg Dietz7, Romina D.
Dimarco18, Peter Edwards7, Franz
Essl19, Eduardo
Fuentes-Lillo5,20,21, Antoine
Guisan22, Onalenna Gwate15, Anna
Hargreaves23, Gabi Jakobs7,
Alejandra Jiménez24, Paul
Kardol25,26, Christoph Kueffer7,27,
Christian Larson11, Jonathan
Lenoir28, Bernd Lenzner19, Miguel A.
Padrón Mederos29, Maritza Mihoc30,
Ann Milbau31, John W. Morgan32, Jana
Müllerová33, Bridgett Naylor34, Ivan
Nijs3, Martin A. Nuñez35, Rüdiger
Otto14, Davnah Payne36, Niels
Preuk1, Amanda Ratier Backes1,2,
Zafar A. Reshi10, Sabine B. Rumpf37,
Verónica Sandoya38,39,40, Mellesa
Schroder41, Karina L. Speziale42,
Graciela Valencia30, Vigdis
Vandvik43, Michaela Vitková44, Tom
Vorstenbosch19,45, Tom W.N. Walker7,
Neville Walsh46, Genevieve Wright47,
Shengwei Zong48, Tim Seipel11
xSH and JJL contributed equally to this manuscript and
wish to be considered joint first authors.
*Corresponding author:
sylvia.haider@botanik.uni-halle.de
Affiliations:
1) Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology /
Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle, Germany,
2) German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany,
3) Research group Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), University of Antwerp,
Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium,
4) Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, PO Box 733,
Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 Australia,
5) Laboratorio de Invasiones Biologicas (LIB), Facultad de Ciencias
Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile,
6) Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Santiago, Chile,
7) Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich,
Switzerland,
8) Instituto Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales
(IANIGLA), Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), CONICET Mendoza, Av.
Ruiz Leal s/n, C.C 330, Mendoza, Argentina,
9) Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y
Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile,
10) Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar - 190006,
Jammu and Kashmir, India,
11) Department of Land Resource and Environmental Sciences, Montana
State University, Bozeman Montana, USA,
12) Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Botany
aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS RA, Acharyan 1, 0040, Yerevan Armenia,
13) Chair of Biology and Biotechnologies, Armenian National Agrarian
University, Teryan 74, 0009, Yerevan Armenia,
14) Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of La
Laguna, La Laguna 38202, Spain,
15) Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Geography, University of
the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, Free State, South
Africa,
16) University of Hawai’i at Manoa, School of Life Sciences, 3190 Maile
Way Honolulu, HI 96822,
17) Department of Botany, Amar Singh College Srinagar, India-190008,
18) Grupo de Ecología de Poblaciones de Insectos, IFAB (INTA‐CONICET),
Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina,
19) Bioinvasions, Global Change, Macroecology-Group, Department of
Botany and Biodiversity Research, University Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030
Vienna, Austria,
20) Plants and Ecosystems Research Center (PLECO), University of
Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium,
21) School of Education and Social Sciences, Adventist University of
Chile, Chile,
22) Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics & Department of Ecology and
Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland,
23) Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Av Dr Penfield,
Montreal QC, Canada H3A 1B1,
24) Laboratorio de Invasiones Biologicas (IEB). Instituto de Ecología y
Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile,
25) Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden,
26) Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile,
27) Department of Botany and Zoology, Centre for Invasion Biology,
Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa,
28) UR “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN, UMR
7058 CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80000
Amiens, France,
29) Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal-Área de
Ecología (Universidad de La Laguna). Avenida Astrofísico Francisco
Sánchez, s/n. 38200. San Cristóbal de La Laguna. S/C de Tenerife,
30) Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad (IEB). Chile,
31) Research Institute for Nature and Forest – INBO, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium,
32) Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe
University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia,
33) Department of GIS and Remote Sensing, Institute of Botany of the
Czech Academy of Sciences, Zamek 1, 25243 Pruhonice, Czech Republic,
34) US Forest Service, PNW Research Station, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La
Grande OR 97850,
35) Grupo Ecología de Invasiones. Instituto de Investigaciones en
Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente, CONICET - Universidad Nacional del
Comahue, Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina,
36) Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment, University of Bern,
Institute of Plant Sciences, Altenbergrain 21, CH – 3013 Bern,
Switzerland,
37) Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne,
Biophore, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland,
38) Yachay Tech University, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology,
Hda. San José s/n y Proyecto Yachay, 100119, Urcuquí, Ecuador,
39) CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain,
40) Unitat d’Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del
Vallès 08193, Spain,
41) Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Jindabyne,
Kosciuszko Rd (PO Box 2228), Jindabyne 2627,
42) Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (CONICET-UNCOMA), Pasaje Gutierrez
1125 (8400), Bariloche, Argentina,
43) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen,
Tormøhlensgate 53A, Bergen, Norway,
44) Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, Zamek 1, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic,
45) Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333
BE, Leiden, Netherlands,
46) Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Victoria
3004,
47) NSW Government, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of
Planning, Industry and Environment, PO Box 514, 11 Farrer Place,
Queanbeyan NSW 2620,
48) Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in
Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical
Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China