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Elevational Range Shifts

Elevational Range Shift is a biogeographic phenomenon denoting the directed movement of a species' altitudinal distribution boundary, either upward or downward along a mountain gradient, in response to environmental change, particularly climate warming.

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2017–2026

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Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

Robert K. Colwell, Gunnar Brehm, Catherine L. Cardelús et al. · Science · 2008 · 1.4K citations

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Climate‐related range shifts – a global multidimensional synthesis and new research directions

Jonathan Lenoir, Jens‐Christian Svenning · Ecography · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA

Craig Moritz, James L. Patton, Chris J. Conroy et al. · Science · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Climate-Related Local Extinctions Are Already Widespread among Plant and Animal Species

John J. Wiens · PLoS Biology · 2016 · 729 citations · Full text

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Climate Change, Elevational Range Shifts, and Bird Extinctions

Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Stephen H. Schneider, John P. Fay et al. · Conservation Biology · 2007 · 673 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jonathan Lenoir

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. NE
    Niklaus E. Zimmermann

    Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. MV
    Mark Vellend

    Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

    5 publications · 519 citations

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  4. MW
    Morgan W. Tingley

    University of Connecticut, United States

    4 publications · 667 citations

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  5. JS
    Jens‐Christian Svenning

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    4 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

590

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    44 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    50 publications

    2.6K citations

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

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    11.9K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    397 citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    709 citations

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  1. Global Change Biology

    20 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Ecography

    11 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Biogeography

    11 publications · 494 citations

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