Changes in butterfly distributions and species assemblages on a Neotropical mountain range in response to global warming and anthropogenic land use

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1085 - 1098
• Main Authors: Molina-Martínez, Arcángel, León-Cortés, Jorge L., Regan, Helen M., Lewis, Owen T., Navarrete, Darío, Caballero, Ubaldo, Luis-Martínez, Armando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Biodiversity; BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH; Biogeography; Butterflies & moths; butterfly assemblages; climate change; elevational gradient; Global warming; Land use; mountain biodiversity; Oaxaca; tropical montane ecosystem

Aim: To assess the changes in the elevational distribution of 151 butterfly species over a period of 22 years (1988-2011) and investigate whether these changes are related to regional global warming and land use change. Location: Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Methods: Butterflies were surveyed a...