Welcome to our August 2023 round-up of new publications! This list contains articles relevant to mountain research that you won't want to miss this month.

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Please note: The publications listed below may not necessarily have been published this month, but rather have come to our attention at this time.

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1-31 August 2023

1991–2020 climate normal in the European Alps: focus on high-elevation environments

A Decision Framework for Evaluating the Rocky Mountain Area Wildfire Dispatching System in Colorado 

Aligning social networks and co-designed visions to foster systemic innovation in the Alps 

Application of a system dynamics model to evaluate the implementation of payment for environmental services as a reconversion mechanism in high mountain farming 

Assessment of the attractiveness of material objects of the historical and cultural heritage of the Carpathian region 

Automated streamflow measurements in high-elevation Alpine catchments 

Biodiversity and elevation gradients: Insights on sampling biases across worldwide mountains 

Boost in Visitor Numbers Post COVID-19 Shutdown: Consequences for an Alpine National Park 

Brief communication: The Glacier Loss Day as an indicator of a record-breaking negative glacier mass balance in 2022

Catchment-based sampling of river eDNA integrates terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity of alpine landscapes 

Climate change and health in rural mountain environments: summary of a workshop on knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action 

Climate change exacerbates snow-water-energy challenges for European ski tourism 

Climate change impacts and adaptation to permafrost change in High Mountain Asia: a comprehensive review

[Report] Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in High-Mountain Areas of the Andean Region (in Spanish) 

[Book chapter] Compounding Risks and Increased Vulnerabilities: Climate Change, Conflict, and Mobility in East Africa 

Diverse values of nature for sustainability

Downscaling CORDEX Through Deep Learning to Daily 1 km Multivariate Ensemble in Complex Terrain

Enhancing understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality in mountain regions 

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

Global knowledge–action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: Insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO's World Network of biosphere reserves 

Heritage-making, landscapes, and experiences in tension in the Southern Andes mountains, Argentina 

Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines 

Go or grow? Feedbacks between moving slopes and shifting plants in high mountain environments 

Going up the Andes: patterns and drivers of non-native plant invasions across latitudinal and elevational gradients  

Inequitable Gains and Losses from Conservation in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot 

Melting glaciers threaten ice core science on the Tibetan Plateau  

Monitoring of large-scale forest restoration: Evidence of vegetation recovery and reversing chronic ecosystem degradation in the mountain region of Pakistan 

Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews

Multi-decadal analysis of past winter temperature, precipitation and snow cover data in the European Alps from reanalyses, climate models and observational datasets 

[Book] Mountains Under Pressure (an edited tome published as a Special Issue in Land] 

Multidisciplinary approach to investigate human-forest relationships in southern French Alps: How to estimate the impact of populations on the local mountain wood stock? 

Overlapping land rights and deforestation in Uganda: 20 years of evidence 

Relating the management difficulty to the abandonment rate of traditional mountain vineyards 

River widening in mountain and foothill areas during floods: Insights from a meta-analysis of 51 European Rivers 

Seasonal water storage and release dynamics of bofedal wetlands in the Central Andes 

The case for listing Mountain Ash forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia) as a Threatened Ecological Community 

Three pathways to better recognize the expertise of Global South researchers 

Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards 

Two Close-to-Nature Lifestyles, One Benefit for the Cultural Landscape: Comparing Lifestyle Movers and Lifestyle Farmers in the Remote European Eastern Alps