Spatial and climatic variables independently drive elevational gradients in ant species richness in the Eastern Himalaya. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Elevational gradients are considered important for understanding causes behind gradients in species richness due to the large variation in climate and habitat within a small spatial extent. Geometric constraints are thought to interact with environmental
Aniruddha Marathe +3 more
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The spatial patterns of diversity and their relationships with environments in rhizosphere microorganisms and host plants differ along elevational gradients [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionIdentifying spatial patterns of biodiversity along elevational gradients provides a unified framework for understanding these patterns and predicting ecological responses to climate change.
Shijia Xu +12 more
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Range-wide latitudinal and elevational temperature gradients for the world's terrestrial birds: implications under global climate change. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Species' geographical distributions are tracking latitudinal and elevational surface temperature gradients under global climate change. To evaluate the opportunities to track these gradients across space, we provide a first baseline assessment of the ...
Frank A La Sorte +3 more
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Habitat heterogeneity, temperature, and primary productivity drive elevational gradients in avian species diversity [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Aim Anticipating and mitigating the impacts of climate change on species diversity in montane ecosystems requires a mechanistic understanding of drivers of current patterns of diversity.
Kristen G. Dillon, Courtney J. Conway
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Elevational gradients in β-diversity reflect variation in the strength of local community assembly mechanisms across spatial scales. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Despite long-standing interest in elevational-diversity gradients, little is known about the processes that cause changes in the compositional variation of communities (β-diversity) across elevations.
J Sebastián Tello +10 more
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Turnover‐Dominated β‐Diversity and Its Temperature and Trophic Drivers of Scarabaeoidea Assemblages Along an Elevational Gradient in a Tropical Island Rainforest in China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMountains serve as ideal natural laboratories for investigating biodiversity patterns along elevational gradients. This study examined α‐diversity (species richness and abundance) and β‐diversity (overall compositional dissimilarity and its turnover and ...
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Climate and vegetation structure shape ant communities along elevational gradients on the Colorado Plateau [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Terrestrial animal communities are largely shaped by vegetation and climate. With climate also shaping vegetation, can we attribute animal patterns solely to climate?
Derek A. Uhey +4 more
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Drivers of toxic element accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems across elevational gradients
Ecological IndicatorsTerrestrial ecosystems, account for approximately 31% of the global land area and play a significant role in the biogeochemical cycling of toxic elements.
Baba Imoro Musah
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Effects of soil water on fungal community composition along elevational gradients on the northern slope of the Central Kunlun Mountains [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyZhihao Zhang, Hongchen Jiang
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Liverworts show a globally consistent mid‐elevation richness peak
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The study of elevational gradients allows to draw conclusions on the factors and mechanisms determining patterns in species richness distribution. Several earlier studies investigated liverwort diversity on single or few elevational transects. However, a
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