Nature Communications (Dec 2016)
Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level
- Marcell K. Peters,
- Andreas Hemp,
- Tim Appelhans,
- Christina Behler,
- Alice Classen,
- Florian Detsch,
- Andreas Ensslin,
- Stefan W. Ferger,
- Sara B. Frederiksen,
- Friederike Gebert,
- Michael Haas,
- Maria Helbig-Bonitz,
- Claudia Hemp,
- William J. Kindeketa,
- Ephraim Mwangomo,
- Christine Ngereza,
- Insa Otte,
- Juliane Röder,
- Gemma Rutten,
- David Schellenberger Costa,
- Joseph Tardanico,
- Giulia Zancolli,
- Jürgen Deckert,
- Connal D. Eardley,
- Ralph S. Peters,
- Mark-Oliver Rödel,
- Matthias Schleuning,
- Axel Ssymank,
- Victor Kakengi,
- Jie Zhang,
- Katrin Böhning-Gaese,
- Roland Brandl,
- Elisabeth K.V. Kalko,
- Michael Kleyer,
- Thomas Nauss,
- Marco Tschapka,
- Markus Fischer,
- Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Affiliations
- Marcell K. Peters
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Andreas Hemp
- Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth
- Tim Appelhans
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
- Christina Behler
- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
- Alice Classen
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Florian Detsch
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
- Andreas Ensslin
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Stefan W. Ferger
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
- Sara B. Frederiksen
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg
- Friederike Gebert
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Michael Haas
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg
- Maria Helbig-Bonitz
- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
- Claudia Hemp
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- William J. Kindeketa
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Ephraim Mwangomo
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
- Christine Ngereza
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg
- Insa Otte
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
- Juliane Röder
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg
- Gemma Rutten
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- David Schellenberger Costa
- Landscape Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University Oldenburg
- Joseph Tardanico
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Giulia Zancolli
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Jürgen Deckert
- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
- Connal D. Eardley
- Agricultural Research Council—Plant Protection Research: Plant Health and Protection
- Ralph S. Peters
- Department Arthropoda, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
- Mark-Oliver Rödel
- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
- Matthias Schleuning
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
- Axel Ssymank
- Falkenweg 6
- Victor Kakengi
- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
- Jie Zhang
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- Katrin Böhning-Gaese
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
- Roland Brandl
- Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg
- Elisabeth K.V. Kalko
- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
- Michael Kleyer
- Landscape Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University Oldenburg
- Thomas Nauss
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
- Marco Tschapka
- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
- Markus Fischer
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13736
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Explaining species richness patterns is a key question in ecology. Peterset al. sample diverse plant and animal groups across elevation on Mt. Kilimanjaro to show that, while disparate factors drive distributions of individual taxa, diversity overall decreases with elevation, mostly driven by effects of temperature.
