Bird diversity along elevational gradients in the Andes of Colombia: area and mass effects

By G. Kattan, P. Franco. 2004

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Explaining the species richness of birds along a subtropical elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains (2013, background): “Different elevational richness patterns have been reported from different taxa, e.g. plants (Bhattarai et al., 2004; Wang et al., 2007), small mammals (McCain, 2005; Wu et al., 2013), birds (Kattan & Franco, 2004; McCain, 2010) and reptiles (Fu et al., 2007; McCain, 2010).”
Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota (2010, background): “…elevational gradients for many reasons, such as to evaluate the effects of elevation on species richness and turnover (Terborgh, 1977; Heaney, 2001; Kattan and Franco, 2004), to identify centers of species endemism (Fjeldså and Lovett, 1997; Rahbek, 1997), to test the mid-domain hypothesis…”
The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes (2014, background): “Th oughtful selection of montane gradients for study, focused on specifi c hypotheses or questions, can illuminate some of the mechanisms driving diversity patterns (Kattan and Franco 2004, K ö rner 2007).”