Species richness and endemism of plant and bird communities along two gradients of elevation, humidity and land use in the Bolivian Andes

By M. Kessler, Sebastián K. Herzog, J. Fjeldså, K. Bach. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A tribute to Claude Shannon (1916-2001) and a plea for more rigorous use of species richness, species diversity and the 'Shannon-Wiener' Index (2003, unknown): “We were pleased to find that in some papers the term 'species richness' was used to refer to the number of species (Kessler et al ., 2001) and in other papers a clear distinction was made between 'species richness' and 'species diversity' (Sax, 2002).”
Predation on exposed and leaf-rolling artificial caterpillars in tropical forests of Papua New Guinea (2012, background): “This could also be caused by increased light availability in montane forest which facilitates predation (Martin & Karr 1986), by higher abundances of predators (Kessler et al. 2011), or by lower abundance of potential prey (Kessler et al. 2001, McCoy 1990).”
Distribution pattern of trees along an elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India (2011, unknown): “Temperature, humidity, soil characteristics and middomain effect are considered as important determinants of the mid-elevation peak in plant species richness (Kessler et al., 2001; Carpenter, 2005; Sánchez-González and López-Mata, 2005).”
The elevational gradient of Andean plant endemism: varying influences of taxon‐specific traits and topography at different taxonomic levels (2002, background): “…has been found in several studies of endemism and is the most commonly cited explanation for elevational patterns of endemism (Graves, 1985, 1988; Kruckeberg & Rabinowitz, 1985; Major, 1988; Ibisch et al., 1996; Sklenàř & Jørgensen, 1999; Kessler, 2000, 2001a, b; Kessler et al. 2001, in press).”
Why mountains matter for biodiversity (2019, background): “Globally, species richness of birds and plants appears to be lowest at the highest elevations (Kessler, Herzog, Fjeldså, & Bach, 2001; McCain, 2009; Quintero & Jetz, 2018).”