کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
142902 163162 2009 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The altitude-for-latitude disparity in the range retractions of woody species
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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The altitude-for-latitude disparity in the range retractions of woody species
چکیده انگلیسی

Increasing temperatures are driving rapid upward range shifts of species in mountains. An altitudinal range retreat of 10 m is predicted to translate into a ∼10-km latitudinal retreat based on the rate at which temperatures decline with increasing altitude and latitude, yet reports of latitudinal range retractions are sparse. Here, we examine potential climatic, biological, anthropogenic and methodological explanations for this disparity. We argue that the lack of reported latitudinal range retractions stems more from a lack of research effort, compounded by methodological difficulties, rather than from their absence. Given the predicted negative impacts of increasing temperatures on wide areas of the latitudinal distributions of species, the investigation of range retractions should become a priority in biogeographical research.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 24, Issue 12, December 2009, Pages 694–701
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