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