Increasing arboreality with altitude: A novel biogeographic dimension

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1770, 2013, Pages

  Scheffers, Brett R ^a,b   Phillips, Ben L ^b   Laurance, William F ^b   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a   Diesmos, Arvin ^c   Williams, Stephen E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Biodiversity; Canopy; Climate; Gradients; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST CANOPY; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

ANURA;

EID: 84883794473     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1581     Document Type: Article

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