Researchers from the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich have shown that alpine plants could face not only warmer temperatures, but also deadly competition from unfamiliar species. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, ETH Zurich plant ecologists Jonathan Levine and Jake Alexander transplanted small alpine wildflowers to an altitude 600 metres below their native habitat on the Calanda Mountain in Graubünden. The move simulated the three-degree temperature increase due... Читать дальше...