Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

► This is a meta-analysis of 249 studies of species distributions along tropical elevational gradients. ► The American tropics has more elevational specialists than do the African and Asia-Pacific tropics. ► Islands have relatively fewer elevational specialists than do continents. ► Relatively many...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological conservation 2011, Vol.144 (1), p.548-557
Hauptverfasser:	Laurance, William F., Carolina Useche, D., Shoo, Luke P., Herzog, Sebastian K., Kessler, Michael, Escobar, Federico, Brehm, Gunnar, Axmacher, Jan C., Chen, I-Ching, Gámez, Lucrecia Arellano, Hietz, Peter, Fiedler, Konrad, Pyrcz, Tomasz, Wolf, Jan, Merkord, Christopher L., Cardelus, Catherine, Marshall, Andrew R., Ah-Peng, Claudine, Aplet, Gregory H., del Coro Arizmendi, M., Baker, William J., Barone, John, Brühl, Carsten A., Bussmann, Rainer W., Cicuzza, Daniele, Eilu, Gerald, Favila, Mario E., Hemp, Andreas, Hemp, Claudia, Homeier, Jürgen, Hurtado, Johanna, Jankowski, Jill, Kattán, Gustavo, Kluge, Jürgen, Krömer, Thorsten, Lees, David C., Lehnert, Marcus, Longino, John T., Lovett, Jon, Martin, Patrick H., Patterson, Bruce D., Pearson, Richard G., Peh, Kelvin S.-H., Richardson, Barbara, Richardson, Michael, Samways, Michael J., Senbeta, Feyera, Smith, Thomas B., Utteridge, Timothy M.A., Watkins, James E., Wilson, Rohan, Williams, Stephen E., Thomas, Chris D.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Climate change Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Earth, ocean, space Elevational range Endemism Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Extinction Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Global warming Meteorology Montane areas Neotropics Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking Thermal tolerance Tropical ecosystems
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