Scale-dependent dispersal drives community assembly of breeding birds along elevational gradients

• Published in: Ecological processes Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 33
• Main Authors: Zhang, Kai, Wen, Zhixin, Wu, Yongjie, Yue, Yifan, Jia, Chenxi, Song, Gang, Lei, Fumin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2025; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Assembly; Birds; Breeding; China; Community assembly; data collection; Dispersal; Dispersal limitation; Earth and Environmental Science; ecology; Ecosystems; Elevation; Elevational gradient; Environment; Environmental factors; Gradients; Homogeneous dispersal; Montane environments; Mountain; Mountain ecosystems; Mountains; Passeriformes; species; species dispersal; Species richness; Stochastic models; Stochastic processes; Stochasticity; Hengduan Mountains; China; Homogeneous dispersal; Mountain; Bird; Elevational gradient; Community assembly; Species richness; Dispersal limitation

Background Identifying the processes that govern community assembly along elevational gradients has been a central theme in ecology, especially in montane ecosystems where abundant species and strong turnover are present. However, our understanding of how the relative importance of deterministic and...