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Mountaintop Extinction

Mountaintop Extinction is a biogeographical phenomenon in which species inhabiting high-elevation habitats face localized extinction due to upward range contraction driven by climate change, ultimately resulting in elimination when no higher elevations are available for colonization.

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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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Mammals on Mountaintops: Nonequilibrium Insular Biogeography

James H. Brown · The American Naturalist · 1971 · 768 citations

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Climate change causes upslope shifts and mountaintop extirpations in a tropical bird community

Benjamin G. Freeman, Micah N. Scholer, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 519 citations · Full text

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Using Montane Mammals to Model Extinctions Due to Global Change

Kelly A. McDonald, James H. Brown · Conservation Biology · 1992 · 277 citations

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A stochastic, evolutionary model for range shifts and richness on tropical elevational gradients under Quaternary glacial cycles

Robert K. Colwell, Thiago F. Rangel · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2010 · 89 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RK
    Robert K. Colwell

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. EM
    Evan M. Rehm

    Florida International University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  3. KJ
    Kenneth J. Feeley

    Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  4. JH
    James H. Brown

    University of New Mexico, United States

    2 publications · 1K citations

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  5. DS
    Dominique Strasberg

    Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical, Réunion

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    6.9K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    6.8K citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

  4. Colgate University

    Hamilton, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    6.8K citations

  5. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  6. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers of Biogeography

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  2. Global Change Biology

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1 publications · 519 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 1 publications · 768 citations

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