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Environment Conservation Journal, 2016 Mountains of Himalaya, with unique topology and geographical regions, are hotspots of biodiversity. Their flora and fauna have been investigated for abundance in species composition and interactions.
Madhu Thapliyal +2 more
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Variation in woody leaf anatomical traits along the altitudinal gradient in Taibai Mountain, China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 As important indicators of leaf traits, leaf anatomical traits are sensitive and adaptable to environmental changes. However, how leaf anatomical traits at species and community levels vary along the altitudinal gradients is still unclear. In this study,
Xinrui Liu +7 more
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Local adaptation with high gene flow: temperature parameters drive adaptation to altitude in the common frog (Rana temporaria) [PDF]
, 2014 Both environmental and genetic influences can result in phenotypic variation. Quantifying the relative contributions of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity to phenotypes is key to understanding the effect of environmental variation on populations.
Biek, R. +3 more
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Functional Ecology, 2019 Nutrient resorption from senescing leaves prior to litterfall is a strategy for nutrient conservation in vascular plants. However, the mechanisms through which soil fertility and/or foliar nutrient status affect nutrient resorption are not yet fully ...
R. Gerdol, P. Iacumin, L. Brancaleoni
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Altitudinal Patterns of Species Diversity and Phylogenetic Diversity across Temperate Mountain Forests of Northern China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The spatial patterns of biodiversity and their underlying mechanisms have been an active area of research for a long time. In this study, a total of 63 samples (20m × 30m) were systematically established along elevation gradients on Mount Tai and Mount ...
Wenxin Zhang +4 more
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Parallel functional and stoichiometric trait shifts in South American and African forest communities with elevation [PDF]
, 2017 The Amazon and Congo basins are the two largest continuous blocks of tropical forest with a central role for global biogeochemical cycles and ecology. However, both biomes differ in structure and species richness and composition.
C. Taveirne +8 more
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Spatial trends of Potamogetonaceae along an altitudinal gradient
Biologia, 2020 Studying the effect of altitude on species distribution may help us to predict the response of species to future climate changes, which will likely cause upward migration of vegetation zones. In this study, we aimed to analyze distribution and abundance patterns of Potamogetonaceae along an altitudinal gradient and to determine the species ...
Nursel İkinci, Necati Bayındır
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Rodriguésia, 2023 Gradual climatic changes caused by mountains’ altitudinal variation promote alterations in the structure of ecological communities. Environmental changes are also expected according to the slope’s position in relation to the sea.
Thiago Vieira Costa +2 more
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Altitudinal Gradient of Evapotranspiration in Tropical Highlands
, 2022 Tropical highlands supply water for large cities in the Andes. Based on meteorological records from three weather stations in the paramo Chingaza, Colombia evapotranspiration (ET) is estimated based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) approach to compare the altitudinal variation and assess the radiation and aerodynamic effects on the water losses. This study
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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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