Mammals on mountainsides : elevational patterns of diversity

By James H. Brown. 2001

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Elevational patterns of frog species richness and endemic richness in the Hengduan Mountains, China: geometric constraints, area and climate effects (2006, background): “dispersal might have resulted in increased differentiation and higher endemism with increasing elevation (Brown 2001).”
Elevational Gradients in Species Richness (2010, background): “…niche values within which a species can survive (e.g., temperatures or precipitation levels) – or it may limit the number of individuals – the climatic conditions restrict the productivity which in turn limits the population sizes and total number of individuals (Brown, 2001; Hawkins et al., 2003).”
Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal (2002, background): “The central problem in all biogeographical analyses is that that the same pattern may result from several different processes (Brown, 2001) and there is also a general failure to distinguish between historical factors that relate to endemism”
The elevational gradient in Andean bird species richness at the local scale: a foothill peak and a high‐elevation plateau (2005, background): “These studies seemingly illustrate that mountainsides do not simply mirror the latitudinal diversity gradient (Brown 2001) and that there is no universal agreement in the shape of the elevational pattern.”
Distribution, species diversity and life-form spectra of plant communities along an altitudinal gradient in the northern slopes of Qilianshan Mountains, Gansu, China (2003, background): “Altitudinal gradients are well known to be one of the decisive factors shaping the spatial patterns of species diversity (Szaro 1989; DeBano and Schmidt 1990; Lieberman et al. 1996; Zimmerman et al. 1999; Lomolino 2001; Brown 2001).”
Could temperature and water availability drive elevational species richness patterns? A global case study for bats (2006, background): “Studies along elevational gradients can also be insightful (Brown, 2001; C. M. McCain © 2006 The Author 2 Global Ecology and Biogeography , 16 , 1–13, Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Lomolino, 2001), particularly because they occur across smaller spatial scales making field…”
Tectonics, topography, and mammalian diversity (2010, background): “The smaller, often fragmented geographic ranges and large distances between areas of suitable habitat in topographically complex regions should elevate extinction risk for non-volant mammal populations (Brown 2001).”
Variation in plant species richness of different life forms along a subtropical elevation gradient in the Himalayas, east Nepal (2003, background): “Although, the intermediate peaks in species richness seem to be the most common pattern (Rahbek, 1995; Brown, 2001; Lomolino, 2001), the different pattern, observed in the present study are not surprising and presumably reflects the different eco-physiological adaptations to climate (cf.”
ELEVATIONAL GRADIENTS IN DIVERSITY OF SMALL MAMMALS (2005, background): “1 E-mail: mccain@nceas.ucsb.edu transects (Brown 1995, Heaney 2001); hence, most factors influencing elevational diversity gradients are unresolved (Rosenzweig 1992, 1995, Brown 2001).”
Elevational Trends in Biodiversity (2013, background): “As noted by Grinnell and Whittaker, and repeated recently by Lomolino (2001) and Brown (2001), the elevational gradient is ideal for studying on broad-scale distribution of species and species richness.”
Global analysis of bird elevational diversity (2009, background): “Regional richness may be highly influenced by area (Rahbek , 1997, 2005; Brown , 2001; Lomolino , 2001; Willig et al ., 2003; McCain , 2005, 2007b), and may have significant sampling biases (Rickart , 2001).”
Plant species richness and diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the Sierra Nevada, Mexico (2005, background): “Diversity and Distributions, 11, 567–575, © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 573 Lower levels of species richness at elevations above 3500 m can be explained as a function of ecophysiological pressures such as low temperatures, low productivity and shorter growing season (Rahbek, 1995; Brown, 2001; Vet”
Distribution pattern of trees along an elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India (2011, neutral): “…et al., 2007; McCain, 2007), productivity (Mittelbach et al., 2001), speciesearea effect (Rahbek, 1997; Sanders et al., 2007), historic events (Brown, 2001; Hawkins et al., 2007) and isolation (Lomolino, 2001) have been considered as responsible for the elevational pattern of species richness.”
Breeding bird species richness in Taiwan: distribution on gradients of elevation, primary productivity and urbanization (2004, background): “However, recent studies have revealed that hump-shaped pattern of species richness in relation to elevational gradient actually is more common than the inverse relationship (Rahbek, 1995; Brown, 2001; Lomolino, 2001).”
An elevational shift in butterfly species richness and composition accompanying recent climate change (2007, background): “Climate change is likely to cause net diversity declines for taxa in mountain areas, as species richness typically shows a humped relationship with elevation (Rahbek, 1995; Brown, 2001; McCain, 2005) and therefore colonizations by lowland species do not numerically compensate for the loss of species”
The mid‐domain effect applied to elevational gradients: species richness of small mammals in Costa Rica (2004, background): “Numerous hypotheses exist to explain elevational species richness patterns; however, many are neither mutually exclusive nor independent, and none are consistently supported with empirical evidence ( Brown, 2001; Heaney, 2001; Lomolino, 2001).”
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, neutral): “…Biogeography revealed that in some papers 'diversity' or 'species richness' is used in the title but species richness and diversity may be used almost interchangeably in the text (Cotgreave & Harvey, 1994; Honnay et al ., 1999; Harrison et al ., 2000; Brown, 2001; Heaney, 2001; Lobo et al ., 2001).”
A comparison of altitudinal species richness patterns of bryophytes with other plant groups in Nepal, Central Himalaya (2007, background): “The decrease in species richness at high altitudes is probably due to ecophysiological constraints, such as reduced growing season, low temperatures, frost susceptibility and low energy (Brown, 2001; Körner, 2003).”