Species richness and distribution of ferns along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica

By J. E. Watkins, C. Cardelús, Robert K. Colwell, R. Moran. 2006

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

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Mountains, climate and niche heterogeneity explain global patterns of fern diversity (2021, background): “While the mid- elevation richness peak is a well- established phenomenon observed in many tropical plant and animal lineages (Rahbek, 1995), the pattern is particularly strong and consistent in ferns (Cardelús et al., 2006; Kessler et al., 2011; Watkins et al., 2006).”
Elevational species richness patterns for vascular plants on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo (2006, background): “…studies of ferns similarly find a humped pattern, and when other plant groups are included it is generally the case that the peak in fern species richness is at a higher elevation than that in the other groups (Kessler, 2001; Bhattarai & Vetaas, 2003; Bhattarai et al., 2004; Watkins et al., 2006).”
Phylogenetic diversity, trait diversity and niches: species assembly of ferns along a tropical elevational gradient (2011, result): “Species richness was highest at mid-elevations, creating a symmetrical hump along the elevational gradient, as also found at the same study site by Cardelús et al. (2006) and Watkins et al. (2006).”
When does diversity fit null model predictions? Scale and range size mediate the mid‐domain effect (2007, unknown): “…measured variables (Fleishman et al. , 1998; Lees et al. , 1999; Jetz & Rahbek, 2001, 2002; Kessler, 2001; Ellison, 2002; Sanders, 2002; Connolly et al. , 2003; McCain, 2003; Romdal et al. , 2005; Cardelús et al. , 2006; Watkins et al. , 2006; Kluge et al ., 2006; Dunn et al ., 2006, in press).”
TESTS OF THE MID-DOMAIN HYPOTHESIS: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE (2008, background): “For example, a series of recent studies examined richness on the slopes of the Barva volcano in Costa Rica (Cardelús et al. 2006, Watkins et al. 2006, Brehm et al. 2007).”
Density compensation, species composition, and richness of ants on a neotropical elevational gradient (2011, background): “Published estimates of environmental variables along the gradient appear in Cardelús et al. (2006), Watkins et al. (2006), Kluge et al. (2006), Brehm et al. (2007), and Kluge et al. (2008).”