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Drivers of Collembola assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in northeast China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
AbstractAltitudinal 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. Changbai Mountain is one of few well‐conserved mountain regions comprising natural ecosystems on the ...
Xie Z, Sun X, Sun X, Lux J, Chen TW, Potapov M, Wu D, Scheu S.   +7 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Ecometabolomics reveal physiological adaptations of Asiatic toads (Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842) to different environments along an altitudinal gradient [PDF]

Frontiers in Zoology
Animals 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, Yanghuilin Zhang, Cheng Liu, Zhonghong Cao, Kenneth B. Storey, Yonggang Niu   +5 more
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Climatic and Non-Climatic Drivers of Plant Diversity along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Taihang Mountains of Northern China

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, Tonggang Fu, Hui Gao, Min Li, Jintong Liu   +4 more
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Flowering seasonality drives taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hummingbirds along an altitudinal gradient in northwestern Mexico. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Floral 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, Laura E Nuñez-Rosas, Maribel Arenas-Navarro, Guillermo Huerta-Ramos, María Del Coro Arizmendi   +4 more
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Composition of Necrophagous Insect Assemblages in Altitudinal Gradient of Central Chile. [PDF]

Insects
This study evaluated whether necrophagous arthropod assemblages, with emphasis on Calliphoridae (Diptera), differ among three sites in central Chile: Coastal (50 masl), Pre-mountain range (1000 masl), and High Andean (1800 masl). We analyzed differences in the abundance, richness, and community composition of arthropods associated with decomposed bait.
Marzolo Bown M, Thyssen PJ, Marrara Prado A, Villagra C.   +3 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, Haitao Wu, Dong Liu, Yaxiao Li, Yujuan Kang, Zhongsheng Zhang, Wenfeng Wang   +6 more
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Asynchronous patterns in soil bacterial diversity and functional potentials along an alpine altitudinal gradient [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionAltitudinal 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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Floristic Diversity and Distribution Pattern along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Central Andes: A Case Study of Cajatambo, Peru [PDF]

Plants
Introduction: This study focuses on the central mountain region of the Peruvian Andes, particularly its western slopes, high-altitude areas, and inter-Andean valleys situated above 3000 m.a.s.l.
Yakov Quinteros-Gómez, Jehoshua Macedo-Bedoya, Victor Santos-Linares, Franco Angeles-Alvarez, Doris Gómez-Ticerán, José Campos-De la Cruz, Julio Solis Sarmiento, Abel Salinas-Inga, Zinnia Valencia-Saavedra   +8 more
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Changes in Surface Soil Organic Carbon Fractions and Their Pool Management Indices Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Karst Mountains in Relation to the Expansion Degrees of Chimonobambusa utilis [PDF]

Biology
Soil organic carbon fractions and pool management indices are critical for the ecosystem function of bamboo forests; however, their response to varying degrees of expansion of Chimonobambusa utilis (EDCU) and altitudinal gradients remains poorly ...
Long Tong, Qingping Zeng, Lijie Chen, Xiaoying Zeng, Ling Shen, Fengling Gan, Minglan Liang, Lixia Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Lianghua Qi   +9 more
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Epiphytic Orchid Diversity along an Altitudinal Gradient in Central Nepal [PDF]

Plants, 2021
Epiphytic orchids are common in subtropical forests, but little is known about the factors that determine their diversity. We surveyed two sites (north-facing Phulchowki and south-facing Shivapuri hills), in the sub-tropical forest in the Kathmandu valley, central Nepal. Along five transects per site, spanning an altitudinal gradient of 1525–2606 m a.s.
Binu Timsina, Pavel Kindlmann, Sajan Subedi, Subhash Khatri, Maan B. Rokaya   +4 more
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