Davnah Urbach,^1,2,* João Carlos Azevedo,³ Jill M. Belsky,⁴ V. Ralph Clark,⁵ Julio Postigo,⁶ Yanhong Wu<sup>7

1</sup>Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) International Project Office, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
²Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research, University of Lausanne, Chemin de l'Institut 18, 1967 Bramois/Sion, Switzerland
³Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) and Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnología em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
⁴W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
⁵Afromontane Research Unit and Department of Geography, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, Republic of South Africa
⁶Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, 701 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
⁷Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189, Qunxian South Street, Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, China

^*Corresponding author: davnah.urbach@unibe.ch