The use of ‘altitude’ in ecological research

Altitudinal gradients are among the most powerful ‘natural experiments’ for testing ecological and evolutionary responses of biota to geophysical influences, such as low temperature. However, there are two categories of environmental changes with altitude: those physically tied to meters above sea l...

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Published inTrends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 569 - 574
Main Author Korner, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2007
Elsevier
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Altitude
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Atmospheric Pressure
Biological and medical sciences
Climate
Ecology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Geological Phenomena
Geology
Seasons
Weather
Concept
Vertical gradient
Environmental factor
Ecology
Altitude
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Summary:Altitudinal gradients are among the most powerful ‘natural experiments’ for testing ecological and evolutionary responses of biota to geophysical influences, such as low temperature. However, there are two categories of environmental changes with altitude: those physically tied to meters above sea level, such as atmospheric pressure, temperature and clear-sky turbidity; and those that are not generally altitude specific, such as moisture, hours of sunshine, wind, season length, geology and even human land use. The confounding of the first category by the latter has introduced confusion in the scientific literature on altitude phenomena.
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ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2007.09.006