1. Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level
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Marcell K. Peters, Andreas Hemp, Tim Appelhans, Christina Behler, Alice Classen, Florian Detsch, Andreas Ensslin, Stefan W. Ferger, Sara B. Frederiksen, Friederike Gebert, Michael Haas, Maria Helbig-Bonitz, Claudia Hemp, William J. Kindeketa, Ephraim Mwangomo, Christine Ngereza, Insa Otte, Juliane Röder, Gemma Rutten, David Schellenberger Costa, Joseph Tardanico, Giulia Zancolli, Jürgen Deckert, Connal D. Eardley, Ralph S. Peters, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Matthias Schleuning, Axel Ssymank, Victor Kakengi, Jie Zhang, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Roland Brandl, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko, Michael Kleyer, Thomas Nauss, Marco Tschapka, Markus Fischer, and Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
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Science - Abstract
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 effects of temperature.
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- 2016
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