Mountain biodiversity and elevational gradients

Frontiers of Biogeography

article

Ole R. Vetaas¹ 

[1] Department of Geography, University of Bergen

关键词: elevational gradient;    mountain biodiversity;   

DOI  :  10.21425/F5FBG54146

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: International Biogeography Society

【 摘 要 】

Mountains are excellent systems for studying species responses to changing conditions because climatic conditions and related productivity measures change rapidly over short distances (Körner 2007).  Mountains also often have high biodiversity and high levels of endemism (Hoorn et al. 2018, Rahbek et al. 2019), and are typically relatively less disturbed by people compared to flat lowlands. Although new insights about biodiversity patterns associated with mountains and elevation gradients have been achieved (Rahbek et al. 2019) the underpinning mechanistic causes of these biodiversity patterns are still open for debate (cf. Jablonski et al. 2006). This is the underpinning motivation for this special issue on 'Elevational Gradients and Mountain Biodiversity'.

【 授权许可】

CC BY