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Global mountain topography and the fate of montane species under climate change

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  • Paul R. Elsen

    (Princeton University)

  • Morgan W. Tingley

    (University of Connecticut
    Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University)

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Surface area does not decrease monotonically with elevation for two-thirds of mountain ranges. Consequently many mountain species might not experience reduced habitat area as they move upslope under climate change.

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  • Paul R. Elsen & Morgan W. Tingley, 2015. "Global mountain topography and the fate of montane species under climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(8), pages 772-776, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:8:d:10.1038_nclimate2656
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2656
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    1. Da Wei & Jing Tao & Zhuangzhuang Wang & Hui Zhao & Wei Zhao & Xiaodan Wang, 2024. "Elevation-dependent pattern of net CO2 uptake across China," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Mónica Gómez-Vadillo & Mario Mingarro & Guim Ursul & Robert J. Wilson, 2022. "Assessing Climate Change Exposure for the Adaptation of Conservation Management: The Importance of Scale in Mountain Landscapes," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-16, November.
    3. Zhang, Pengyi & Liang, Yu & Liu, Bo & Ma, Tianxiao & Wu, Mia M., 2023. "A coupled modelling framework for predicting tree species’ altitudinal migration velocity in montane forest," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 484(C).
    4. Ali Uğur Özcan & Javier Velázquez & Víctor Rincón & Derya Gülçin & Kerim Çiçek, 2022. "Assessment of the Morphological Pattern of the Lebanon Cedar under Changing Climate: The Mediterranean Case," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-18, May.
    5. Sandro Lovari & Sara Franceschi & Gianpasquale Chiatante & Lorenzo Fattorini & Niccolò Fattorini & Francesco Ferretti, 2020. "Climatic changes and the fate of mountain herbivores," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(4), pages 2319-2337, October.
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