Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level
Explaining species richness patterns is a key question in ecology. Peterset al. sample diverse plant and animal groups across elevation on Mt. Kilimanjaro to show that, while disparate factors drive distributions of individual taxa, diversity overall decreases with elevation, mostly driven by effect...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13736 |