Diversity, 2023 Climate is critical for plant altitudinal distribution patterns. Non-climatic factors also have important effects on vegetation altitudinal distribution in mountain regions.
Hongzhu Liang +4 more
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Drivers of Collembola assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in northeast China. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Altitudinal changes in the diversity of plants and animals have been well documented; however, soil animals received little attention in this context and it is unclear whether their diversity follows general altitudinal distribution patterns.
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Aedes albopictus abundance and phenology along an altitudinal gradient in Lazio region (central Italy). [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2022 Background The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894), which is native to Southeast Asia, is among the top 100 invasive species worldwide and one of the most troubling vector species.
Romiti F +4 more
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Ecometabolomics reveal physiological adaptations of Asiatic toads (Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842) to different environments along an altitudinal gradient [PDF]
Frontiers in ZoologyAnimals inhabiting altitudinal gradients exhibit a variety of adaptations to environmental variations. However, to date, changes in metabolomic profiles with altitude have been poorly characterized.
Mingxue Jiao +5 more
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Distribution and Assembly Processes of Soil Fungal Communities along an Altitudinal Gradient in Tibetan Plateau. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel), 2021 In soil ecosystems, fungi exhibit diverse biodiversity and play an essential role in soil biogeochemical cycling. Fungal diversity and assembly processes across soil strata along altitudinal gradients are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the
Hussain S +6 more
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View from the Top: Insights into the Diversity and Community Assembly of Ectomycorrhizal and Saprotrophic Fungi along an Altitudinal Gradient in Chinese Boreal Larix gmelinii-Dominated Forests [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The altitudinal patterns of soil fungi have attracted considerable attention; however, few studies have investigated the diversity and community assembly of fungal functional guilds along an altitudinal gradient.
Yi Guo +8 more
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Flowering seasonality drives taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hummingbirds along an altitudinal gradient in northwestern Mexico. [PDF]
PLoS ONEFloral resources in the mountains of northwestern Mexico are strongly seasonal. This influences latitudinal, local, and altitudinal migration patterns in hummingbird species, resulting in temporal changes in hummingbird community structure over the ...
Gabriel López-Segoviano +4 more
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Patterns and drivers of soil surface‐dwelling Oribatida diversity along an altitudinal gradient on the Changbai Mountain, China [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Distribution patterns of biodiversity and environmental interactions are dominant themes in ecology. In montane ecosystems, biodiversity is closely associated with altitudinal gradients.
Yiling Lin +6 more
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Journal of Forest Science, 2020 This study was done to quantify the amount of soil organic matter and to evaluate physicochemical properties and vegetation cover changes along the altitudinal gradient. Nine altitudinal transects were selected from 100 m a.s.l. to 1 700 m a.s.l.
Hassan Pourbabaei +3 more
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Asynchronous patterns in soil bacterial diversity and functional potentials along an alpine altitudinal gradient [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionAltitudinal changes in soil bacterial diversity, composition, biotic interactions, and function are prevalent. However, the overall patterns and associations among these dimensions remain unclear, particularly in vulnerable alpine mountain ...
Xianping Li, Teng Li, Huixin Li
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