Georg Grabherr,¹ Astrid Björnsen Gurung,² Jean-Pierre Dedieu,³ Wilfried Haeberli,⁴ Daniela Hohenwallner,⁵ Andre F. Lotter,⁶ Laszlo Nagy,⁷ Harald Pauli,⁵ Roland Psenner<sup>8

1</sup>Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, PO Box 285, Althanstrasse 14, 1091 Vienna, Austria. grab@pflaphy.pph.univie.ac.at
²The Mountain Research Initiative, Zurich, Switzerland
³Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (UMR 5183), Saint Martin d'Héres, France
⁴Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland
⁵Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
⁶Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Department of Palaeoecology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
⁷McConnell Ecological Research, Edinburgh, Scotland (corresponding author: ) lnsc16324@blueyonder.co.uk
⁸Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria