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Altitudinal Gradients

Altitudinal Gradients is a biogeographical construct that denotes the systematic variation in species distribution, abundance, or diversity along elevation-based changes in environmental conditions across a vertical landscape transect.

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2017–2026

413

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Elevational Gradients

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The elevational gradient of species richness: a uniform pattern?

Carsten Rahbek · Ecography · 1995 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The role of spatial scale and the perception of large‐scale species‐richness patterns

Carsten Rahbek · Ecology Letters · 2004 · 1.4K citations

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Are mountain passes higher in the tropics? janzen's hypothesis revisited

Cameron K. Ghalambor · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2006 · 847 citations

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Ecological status and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary of Garhwal Himalaya, India

Jahangeer A. Bhat, Munesh Kumar, Rainer W. Bussmann · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2013 · 743 citations · Full text

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Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

David W. Inouye, billy barr, Kenneth B. Armitage et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 673 citations

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  1. MK
    Munesh Kumar

    Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. CS
    Cuauhtémoc Sáenz‐Romero

    Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico

    10 publications · 277 citations

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  3. XL
    Xin Lü

    Wuhan University, China

    9 publications · 435 citations

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  4. CM
    C. M. Sharma

    Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India

    8 publications · 332 citations

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    Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    8 publications · 404 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    44 h-index

    447 publications

    25.6K citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    29 h-index

    106 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    147 publications

    6.1K citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    21 h-index

    63 publications

    4K citations

  5. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    19 h-index

    55 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    18 h-index

    62 publications

    2.9K citations

  7. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    17 h-index

    36 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    48 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 30 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Ecography

    22 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. Ecology

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Journal of Biogeography

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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