Climate and plant structure determine the spatiotemporal butterfly distribution on a tropical mountain

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 191 - 200
• Main Authors: Beirão, Marina V., Neves, Frederico S., Fernandes, G. Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; altitude; Biota; Brazil; butterflies; Butterflies & moths; Climate; Climate change; Distribution; Distribution patterns; diversity gradient; Ecological effects; Elevation; Feeding; Fruits; Geographical distribution; humidity; Insects; Mountains; Neotropics; Nymphalidae; Plant diversity; Population distribution; space and time; Spatial distribution; Species richness; temperature; Temporal distribution; Tropical climate; vegetation; β‐diversity; Brazil

Mountains are among the most powerful natural gradients for testing ecological and evolutionary responses of biota to environmental influences because differences in climate and plant structure occur over short spatial scales. We describe the spatiotemporal distribution patterns and drives of fruit‐...