Abstract
The network GLobal Observation Research Initiative in Alpine environments (GLORIA) was launched as a EU FP-5 project in 2001. The purpose of GLORIA is to establish and maintain a worldwide long-term observation network in alpine environments. Data collected at GLORIA sites will be used for discerning trends in species diversity related to temperature, to assess and predict losses in biodiversity in these fragile environments under accelerating Climate Change impacts. More information about the network, including the GLORIA Manual, is found at the home page www.gloria.ac.at, maintained by the coordinating institution in Vienna, Austria. The initial phase of the network was GLORIA-Europe, when the first inventory following the standardized protocols was carried out in 18 mountain regions across Europe in 2001. GLORIA is today established in five continents, and encompasses 47 alpine sites. Four summits (from low to high alpine) are included at each site. Soil temperature loggers are deployed at all summits since the start. The Swedish GLORIA contribution comprises four summits in the Abisko area in N Lapland, centered around the Latnjajaure Field Station and its climate station. The first re-inventory was made at 15 of the European sites in 2008, and the purpose of this proposal is that the Swedish site will catch up with the others and join a synthesis analysis of observed changes across Europe.
Sweden