Stability of Afromontane ant diversity decreases across an elevation gradient

As the need to better understand the ecology of hotspots of endemism intensifies, the insurance hypothesis is drawing increasing attention from policy-makers and scenario-planners. The hypothesis states that biodiversity increases ecosystem stability. When species numbers fluctuate, there is potenti...

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Main Authors: Grant S. Joseph, Mulalo M. Muluvhahothe, Colleen L. Seymour, Thinandavha C. Munyai, Tom R. Bishop, Stefan H. Foord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418305171