Explaining global increases in water use efficiency: why have we overestimated responses to rising atmospheric CO(2) in natural forest ecosystems? [PDF]
, 2013 BackgroundThe analysis of tree-ring carbon isotope composition (δ(13)C) has been widely used to estimate spatio-temporal variations in intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) of tree species.
Horwath, William R, Silva, Lucas CR
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Elevation gradients could provide natural experiments to examine geomorphological influences on biota ecology and evolution, however little is known about microbial community structures with soil depths along altitudinal gradients in karst graben basin ...
Qiang Li +7 more
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Taxonomic diversity of Passifloraceae sensu stricto along altitudinal gradient and on Serra dos Órgãos mountain slopes in southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2022 Altitudinal gradients, among other abiotic factors, are directly linked to species’ diversity patterns and distributions. Another important factor to be considered is the geographic position of a mountain chain, with oceanic and continental-facing slopes
Natália Brandão Gonçalves Fernandes +2 more
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Tree growth and its climate signal along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients: comparison of tree rings between Finland and the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2017 Latitudinal and altitudinal gradients can be utilized to forecast the impact of climate change on forests. To improve the understanding of how these gradients impact forest dynamics, we tested two hypotheses: (1) the change of the tree growth–climate ...
L. Lyu +5 more
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Diversity of birds recorded at different altitudes in central Nepal Himalayas
Ecological Indicators, 2021 Factors determining the spatial distribution of bird species along altitudinal gradients have been important in their ecological and biogeographical research.
Anuj Ghimire +6 more
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Journal of Fungi, 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
Sarfraz Hussain +6 more
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Distinct Assembly Patterns of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities along Altitudinal Gradients in the Loess Plateau's Highest Mountain [PDF]
Microbial EcologyBo Yao, Xiaoming Mou, Yuqian Li
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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 +4 more
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Should altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation inputs be inferred from key parameters in snow-hydrological models? [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020 This paper evaluates whether snow-covered area and streamflow measurements can help assess altitudinal gradients of temperature and precipitation in data-scarce mountainous areas more efficiently than using the usual interpolation procedures.
D. Ruelland
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Behavioural tuning in a tropical amphibian along an altitudinal gradient [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2017 Males of the coqui treefrog,Eleutherodactylus coqui, produce a distinct two-note ‘co-qui' advertisement call from sunset to midnight throughout most of the year. Previous work established that both the spectrotemporal aspects of the call and the frequency of highest inner-ear sensitivity change with altitude above sea level.
Sebastiaan W. F. Meenderink +2 more
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