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Repository: Rayleigh-wave attenuation and phase velocity maps of the greater Alpine region from ambient noise

Repository organized by Henrique Berger Roisenberg for the paper Roisenberg et al. (2024). The files are organized as follows: Folders: -dispersion_curves: inside this folder there is a .zip file that contains all the dispersion curves calculated; -attenuation: comprising three files with the results of attenuation calculations, i.e., the attenuation values, the grid, and the periods; -c: comprising three files with the results of phase velocity calculations, i.e., the phase velocity values, the grid, and the periods; -scripts:  contains two python scripts, one called 'figures' to plot the figure 1, 4, and 6 of the paper, and another called 'alparray_computations' to perform the computations with the original alparray data, using seislib, resulting on the figures 2, 3, and 5 of the paper. Inside the folder 'inputs' there are three folders that serve as input for the figures of the paper, to be used in the scripts. These are: -raster:  contains the topography raster used to plot the map of the study area; -shapefiles: contains the shapefiles used in the regionalization analysis; -station locations:  contains the latitudes and longitudes of the stations used in this study.

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Analysis of regional CO2 contributions at the high Alpine observatory Jungfraujoch by means of atmospheric transport simulations and δ13C

The data set complementary to manuscript "Analysis of regional CO2 contributions at the high Alpine observatory Jungfraujoch by means of atmospheric transport simulations and δ13C" in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (<a href="https://acp.copernicus.org">https://acp.copernicus.org</a>).

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A model of P-wave velocity beneath the greater Alpine region from teleseismic full P-waveform inversion

The dataset provides values of P-wave velocity in a 3D spherical chunk beneath the greater Alpine region as they resulted from a teleseismic full waveform inversion of AlpArray data.  Please find a description of the dataset in the accompanying README file.

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Farm and regional levels' database used to test the effectiveness of slope and distance from buildings in approximating the pastoral site-use intensity of alpine pastures

The excel file contains the two databases used in the paper “Slope and distance from buildings are easy-to-retrieve proxies for estimating livestock site-use intensity in alpine summer pastures” to test the effectiveness of slope and distance from buildings in approximating the pastoral site-use intensity of alpine pastures. The database in the ‘farm level’ sheet has been used to assess if slope and distance from buildings were good predictors of site-use intensity at farm level, i.e. the number of GPS locations counted within sample units was modelled as a function of the two proxies. Moreover, this database has been used to evaluate if the expected transition of Vegetation Ecological Groups (VEGs) from the shrub-encroached to the nitrophilous ones corresponded to a real site-use intensity gradient as represented by the stocking rates measured through GPS locations, i.e. by modelling the total number of GPS locations within sample units in function VEGs. The database in the ‘Regional level’ sheet has been used to evaluate if the five VEGs were effectively discriminated by distance from buildings and slope. Two models were performed by specifying either slope and distance from buildings as response variables and VEG as fixed factor.

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Regional plot x species data for alpine vegetation

Whether the distribution and assembly of plant species are adapted to current climates or legacy effects poses a problem for their conservation during ongoing climate change. The alpine regions of southern and central Europe (SACEU) are compared to those of the western US and Canada (WUSAC) because they differ in their geographies and histories. Individual-based simulation experiments disentangled the role of geography in species adaptations and legacy effects in four combinations: approximations of observed alpine geographies vs. regular lattices with the same number of regions (realistic and null representations), and virtual species with responses to either climatic or simple spatial gradients (adaptations or legacy effects). Additionally, dispersal distances were varied using five Gaussian kernels. Because the similarity of pairs of regional species pools indicated the processes of assembly at extensive spatiotemporal scales and is a measure of beta diversity, this output of the simulations was correlated to observed similarity for Europe and North America. In North America, correlations were highest for simulations with approximated geography and location-adapted species; those in Europe had their highest correlation with the lattice pattern and climate-adapted species. Only SACEU correlations were sensitive to dispersal limitation. The southern and central European alpine areas are more isolated and with more distinct climates to which species are adapted. In the western US and Canada, less isolation and more mixing of species from refugia has caused location to mask climate adaptation. Among continents, the balance of explanatory factors for the assembly of regional species pools will vary with their unique historical biogeographies, with isolation lessening disequilibria.

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Regional plot x species data for alpine vegetation

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of grassland aboveground biomass in northern China and the alpine region: Impacts of climate change and human activities

We employed CASA model to estimate grassland Net Primary Productivity and aboveground biomass A(AGB) from meteorological and GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) remote sensing  data in northern China. We analyzed the dynamics of grassland AGB and impacts climate change and human activites.

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of grassland aboveground biomass in northern China and the alpine region: Impacts of climate change and human activities

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EEAR-Clim: A high density observational dataset of daily precipitation and air temperature for the Extended European Alpine Region

Data, metadata and code for paper published in Earth System Science Data: A high density observational dataset of daily precipitation and air temperature for the Extended Alpine Region   Code (working copy all written in R statistical software): scripts.zip <ul> <li>to read and process data in from different sources</li> <li>to perform intra and inter-stations quality control</li> <li>to perform break detection and homogenization</li> <li>to read results of quality control and homogenization</li> </ul> Data: <ul> <li>Daily time series of air temperature (mean, minimum and maximum) and precipitation as .zip files, grouped by data provider.</li> <li>Information on column content is provided in separate files "data_readme.txt"</li> <li>about 10000 stations from Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary</li> <li>Meta data (code, name, longitude, latitude, elevation, measurements availability for each variable, starting date, ending date) in "metadata.zip", including a file for each data provider</li> <li>If you use the data you agree to adhere to the respective data provider's terms as listed in "License.pdf"</li> <li>The license terms especially (and additionally to any other terms of the single data providers) include: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. [from <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>] </li> </ul>   Version history: v1.0: initial upload v2.0: update of data policies; addition of France and Croatia time series

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Data from: Biogeographic patterns of soil microbial biomass in alpine ecosystems depend on local rather than regional drivers

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Data from: Fine nurse variations explain discrepancies in the stress-interaction relationship in alpine regions

Despite a large consensus on increasing facilitation among plants with increasing stress in alpine regions, a number of different outcomes of interaction have been observed, which impedes the generalisation of the 'stress-gradient hypothesis' (SGH). With the aim to reconcile the different viewpoints on the stress-interaction relationship in alpine environments we hypothesized that fine nurse variations within a single life form (cushion) may explain this pattern variability To test this hypothesis, we compared the magnitude of the stress-interaction relationship in a single study area with that observed in existing studies involving cushions, worldwide. We characterized the nurse effects of cushions on the whole plant community at inter-specific, intra-specific and intra-individual levels along a stress gradient in the dry, alpine tropics of Bolivia (4400 m, 4700 m and 4900 m a.s.l). Using a relative index of interaction (RII) we included our data in a meta-analysis on the nurse effects of cushions along alpine gradients, worldwide. At inter-specific level, the loose cushion Pycnophyllum was a better nurse than the compact Azorella compacta. However, at intra-individual level facilitation was higher at the periphery than at the centre of cushions, exceeding in magnitude the variation observed at inter-specific level. This pattern was associated with higher minimum temperature and lower mortality at the periphery of cushions. The net effects of cushions on plant communities became more positive at higher elevation, corroborating the SGH. Within our single site in Bolivia, fine morphological nurse variations captured a similar variability in the stress-interaction relationship as that observed in a subset of studies on cushions on a worldwide scale. This suggests that fine variations in nurse traits, in general those not considered in protocols dealing with facilitation or in restoration/conservation management plans, explain in part the current discrepancies among SGH studies in alpine regions.

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Subspecies and Distribution. S. s. scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 — W Europe, from Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic to N Italy and N Iberian Peninsula; possibly also Albania. The taxonomic status of animals in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Slovakia is unclear but presumably these populations are included in scrofa, as are the populations of Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states. However, restocking of once depleted populations, for example in Italy, has likely involved the introduction and mixing of this subspecies with other subspecies, such as attila. S. s. affinis Gray, 1847 — S India and Sri Lanka. S. s. algirus Loche, 1867 — Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, on the coastal side of the mountains or in the low montane areas. S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 — Hungary, Ukraine, C & S Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and S Russia towards the N flank of the Caucasus, but not including the Transcaucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The range possibly extends as far S as the Mesopotamian Delta in Iraq, in which case it would likely include W & SW Iran, and possibly E Turkey and Syria, where it borders with lybicus. Such a range could not be easily reconciled with a statement by Groves that "the difference between pigs from N and S of the Caucasus is quite striking; Transcaucasian boars are certainly not attila." This subspecies may also extend into C Asia and include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, but no data exist to support this. S. s. baeticus Thomas, 1912 — originally described from Coto Donana, S Spain, and later merged with meridionalis; also S Portugal. Unless evidence is found that these Italian and Iberian populations are the relics of a much larger formerly contiguous range, this subspecies should be kept as distinct. S. s. coreanus Heude, 1897 — Korean Peninsula. S. s. eristatus Wagner, 1839 — Himalayas S to C India and E to Indochina (N of the Kra Isthmus). S. s. davidi Groves, 1981 — the arid zone from E Iran to Gujarat, including Pakistan and NW India, and perhaps N to Tajikistan. S. s. leucomystax Temminck, 1842 — main Is ofJapan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nakadori, Hiburijima, Tojima, Kushima, and other smaller Is). S. s. lybicus Gray, 1868 — Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, in the past also in Lybia, and Egypt. The former Yugoslavia was included in its range, which would suggest that now Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo are within the range of this subspecies, although the exact boundaries are unclear. Pigs from Albania have been assigned to S. s. scrofa. S. s. majori De Beaux & Festa, 1927 — C & S Italian Peninsula. S. s. menidionalis Forsyth Major, 1882 — Corsica and Sardinia, with the proviso that the two populations are very likely to be introduced or feral. S. s. moupinensis Milne-Edwards, 1871 — China, S to Vietnam and W to Sichuan. S. s. nigripes Blanford, 1875 — the flanks of the Tianshan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and NW China (Xinjiang). An animal photographed in NE Iran (Golestan) looked like this subspecies. S. s. nukiuanus Kuroda, 1924 — Iriomote, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Tokunoshima, Amamioshima, and Kakerome Is in the Ryukyu chain in extreme S Japan, though some of these populations have hybridized with introduced domesticates. S. s. sibiricus Staffe, 1922 — Mongolia and Transbaikal (S & E of Lake Baikal). S. s. tawvanus Swinhoe, 1863 — Taiwan. S. s. ussuricus Heude, 1888 — far E Russia and the Manchurian region (China). Korean populations were previously included in this subspecies, but based on new evidence, the Korean taxon seems more similar to moupinensis. S. s. vittatus Boie, 1828 — Malay Peninsula, S of the Isthmus of Kra, the offshore islands of Terutai and Langkawi, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Java, Bali, and a range of smaller islands around these, including Babi, Bakong, Batam, Bawean, Bengkalis, Bintan, Bulan, Bunguran, Cuyo, Deli, Durian, Enggano, Galang, Jambongan, Karimon (Riau Is), Kundur, Lagong, Laut, Lingga, Lingung, Mapor, Moro Kecil, North Pagai, Nias, Panaitan, Payong, Penang, Pinie, Rupat, Siantan, Siberut, Simeulue, Singkep, Sugi, Sugi Bawa, Telibon, Tinggi, Tuangku, and the Tambelan Is. This species was originally present from the British Is in the extreme W, through Eurasia from S Scandinavia to S Siberia, extending as far E as Korea and Japan, and SE into some of the Sunda Is and Taiwan. In the S the species ranged along the Nile Valley to Khartoum, and N of the Sahara in Africa, more orless following the continental coasts of S, E, and SE Asia. Within this range it was absent only from extremely dry deserts, e.g. the driest regions of Mongolia and in China W of Sichuan; and alpine zones, such as the high altitudes of Pamir and Tien Shan. In recent centuries, the range of S. scrofa has changed dramatically because of hunting and changes in available habitat. The species disappeared from the British Is in the 17" century, from Denmark in the 19" century, and was greatly reduced in range and numbers in the 20" century from areas as distant as Tunisia, Sudan, Germany, and Russia. Following these severe declines, there were some slight population recoveries in Russia, Italy, Spain, and Germany in the mid-20™ century, and natural and assisted range expansions in Denmark and Sweden. The species has also been inadvertently reintroduced in various locations in the Great Britain via escapees of mixed origin from commercial farming enterprises. Ex-S. scrofa stocks also occur as introduced feral populations in various other parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, the eastern Malay Archipelago, and in North, Central, and South America. In all of these areas they are now generally recognized as a major pest. in Suidae

Subspecies and Distribution. S. s. scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 — W Europe, from Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic to N Italy and N Iberian Peninsula; possibly also Albania. The taxonomic status of animals in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Slovakia is unclear but presumably these populations are included in scrofa, as are the populations of Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states. However, restocking of once depleted populations, for example in Italy, has likely involved the introduction and mixing of this subspecies with other subspecies, such as attila. S. s. affinis Gray, 1847 — S India and Sri Lanka. S. s. algirus Loche, 1867 — Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, on the coastal side of the mountains or in the low montane areas. S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 — Hungary, Ukraine, C & S Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and S Russia towards the N flank of the Caucasus, but not including the Transcaucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The range possibly extends as far S as the Mesopotamian Delta in Iraq, in which case it would likely include W & SW Iran, and possibly E Turkey and Syria, where it borders with lybicus. Such a range could not be easily reconciled with a statement by Groves that "the difference between pigs from N and S of the Caucasus is quite striking; Transcaucasian boars are certainly not attila." This subspecies may also extend into C Asia and include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, but no data exist to support this. S. s. baeticus Thomas, 1912 — originally described from Coto Donana, S Spain, and later merged with meridionalis; also S Portugal. Unless evidence is found that these Italian and Iberian populations are the relics of a much larger formerly contiguous range, this subspecies should be kept as distinct. S. s. coreanus Heude, 1897 — Korean Peninsula. S. s. eristatus Wagner, 1839 — Himalayas S to C India and E to Indochina (N of the Kra Isthmus). S. s. davidi Groves, 1981 — the arid zone from E Iran to Gujarat, including Pakistan and NW India, and perhaps N to Tajikistan. S. s. leucomystax Temminck, 1842 — main Is ofJapan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nakadori, Hiburijima, Tojima, Kushima, and other smaller Is). S. s. lybicus Gray, 1868 — Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, in the past also in Lybia, and Egypt. The former Yugoslavia was included in its range, which would suggest that now Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo are within the range of this subspecies, although the exact boundaries are unclear. Pigs from Albania have been assigned to S. s. scrofa. S. s. majori De Beaux & Festa, 1927 — C & S Italian Peninsula. S. s. menidionalis Forsyth Major, 1882 — Corsica and Sardinia, with the proviso that the two populations are very likely to be introduced or feral. S. s. moupinensis Milne-Edwards, 1871 — China, S to Vietnam and W to Sichuan. S. s. nigripes Blanford, 1875 — the flanks of the Tianshan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and NW China (Xinjiang). An animal photographed in NE Iran (Golestan) looked like this subspecies. S. s. nukiuanus Kuroda, 1924 — Iriomote, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Tokunoshima, Amamioshima, and Kakerome Is in the Ryukyu chain in extreme S Japan, though some of these populations have hybridized with introduced domesticates. S. s. sibiricus Staffe, 1922 — Mongolia and Transbaikal (S & E of Lake Baikal). S. s. tawvanus Swinhoe, 1863 — Taiwan. S. s. ussuricus Heude, 1888 — far E Russia and the Manchurian region (China). Korean populations were previously included in this subspecies, but based on new evidence, the Korean taxon seems more similar to moupinensis. S. s. vittatus Boie, 1828 — Malay Peninsula, S of the Isthmus of Kra, the offshore islands of Terutai and Langkawi, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Java, Bali, and a range of smaller islands around these, including Babi, Bakong, Batam, Bawean, Bengkalis, Bintan, Bulan, Bunguran, Cuyo, Deli, Durian, Enggano, Galang, Jambongan, Karimon (Riau Is), Kundur, Lagong, Laut, Lingga, Lingung, Mapor, Moro Kecil, North Pagai, Nias, Panaitan, Payong, Penang, Pinie, Rupat, Siantan, Siberut, Simeulue, Singkep, Sugi, Sugi Bawa, Telibon, Tinggi, Tuangku, and the Tambelan Is. This species was originally present from the British Is in the extreme W, through Eurasia from S Scandinavia to S Siberia, extending as far E as Korea and Japan, and SE into some of the Sunda Is and Taiwan. In the S the species ranged along the Nile Valley to Khartoum, and N of the Sahara in Africa, more orless following the continental coasts of S, E, and SE Asia. Within this range it was absent only from extremely dry deserts, e.g. the driest regions of Mongolia and in China W of Sichuan; and alpine zones, such as the high altitudes of Pamir and Tien Shan. In recent centuries, the range of S. scrofa has changed dramatically because of hunting and changes in available habitat. The species disappeared from the British Is in the 17" century, from Denmark in the 19" century, and was greatly reduced in range and numbers in the 20" century from areas as distant as Tunisia, Sudan, Germany, and Russia. Following these severe declines, there were some slight population recoveries in Russia, Italy, Spain, and Germany in the mid-20™ century, and natural and assisted range expansions in Denmark and Sweden. The species has also been inadvertently reintroduced in various locations in the Great Britain via escapees of mixed origin from commercial farming enterprises. Ex-S. scrofa stocks also occur as introduced feral populations in various other parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, the eastern Malay Archipelago, and in North, Central, and South America. In all of these areas they are now generally recognized as a major pest.

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Distribution. Alpine habitats in Bale Mts and Arussi Plateau on E rim of Ethiopian Rift; possibly extending S into Melka Chireti, Somali Region, Ethiopia. in Muridae

Distribution. Alpine habitats in Bale Mts and Arussi Plateau on E rim of Ethiopian Rift; possibly extending S into Melka Chireti, Somali Region, Ethiopia.

FIGURE 6 in Tardigrades in the alpine region of Northeast China with an integrative description of Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov.

FIGURE 6. Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov. egg under PCM. A–Eggshell overview; B, C– Processes; D–Egg process with a single tip in section. A black arrow indicates bubble; a white arrow indicates the bifurcating tip. Scale bars: 20 µm (A), 10 µm (B, C), 5µm (D).

FIGURE 5 in Tardigrades in the alpine region of Northeast China with an integrative description of Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov.

FIGURE 5. Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov. buccal apparatus under PCM: A–Buccal apparatus (holotype); B–Ventral view of the buccal tube (paratype, NMS0016). The arrow indicates one of the two median teeth formed by the dorsal lateral crests. Scale bar: 20 μm.

FIGURE 4 in Tardigrades in the alpine region of Northeast China with an integrative description of Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov.

FIGURE 4. Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov. leg granulation and claws under PCM and SEM: A, B, C–legs I, II and IV (holotype, PCM); D, E–legs I, II (paratype, SEM). A empty arrow indicates bulges on leg I, a filled arrow indicates the thicker middle of the claws I, a filled arrowhead indicates the granulation on leg II. Scale bars: 5 μm (A, B, C), 2 μm (D, E).

FIGURE 2 in Tardigrades in the alpine region of Northeast China with an integrative description of Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov.

FIGURE 2. Crenubiotus liangshuiensis sp. nov. habitus and cuticle pores under PCM: A–dorsoventral projection, holotype (NMS0011); B–the dorsal cuticle between legs II and III, the dotted ellipse indicate larger irregular holes distributed in band; C– the paratype (NMS0012) whole body, the black box correspond to the enlarged images in B. Scale bars: 50 μm (A), 10 μm (B).