[HTML][HTML] Elevational patterns of trait composition and functional diversity of stream macroinvertebrates in the Hengduan Mountains region, Southwest China

S Ao, L Ye, X Liu, Q Cai, F He - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Stream ecosystems in high-mountain regions are susceptible to rapid environmental
change, including warming and increased human activities. Understanding elevational …

Low impact of forest conversion on biodiversity: Evidence from small mammals in contrasting forests of Mt. Liangshan

X He, Z Wen, D Zhang, Q Yang, X Yin, X Chen… - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary and plantation forests are the main alternative forests remaining after the
deforestation of primary forests. Understanding the conservation value of secondary and …

Phylogenetic diversity only weakly mitigates climate‐change‐driven biodiversity loss in insect communities

Z Li, B Linard, AP Vogler, DW Yu, Z Wang - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To help address the underrepresentation of arthropods and Asian biodiversity from climate‐
change assessments, we carried out year‐long, weekly sampling campaigns with Malaise …

Distribution of Breeding Population and Predicting Future Habitat under Climate Change of Black-Necked Crane (Grus nigricollis Przevalski, 1876) in Shaluli …

M Li, H Zhou, J Bai, T Zhang, Y Liu, J Ran - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The black-necked crane is the only crane species that breeds on the
Qinghai–Tibetan plateau, and habitat destruction and loss are the major threats to it. The …

New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation

D Ge, Y Qu, T Deng, W Thuiller, C Fišer… - Diversity and …, 2022 - JSTOR
The extraordinarily high species richness makes global biodiversity hotspots the top
priorities for conservation planning and management, and natural laboratories for biological …

Seasonal variation in patterns of anuran diversity along a subtropical elevational gradient

V Carvalho‐Rocha, CA Peres… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Although many studies have described spatial patterns along elevational gradients,
only a handful have investigated their temporal dynamics, which remain poorly understood …

Elevational patterns of fish functional and phylogenetic community structure in a monsoon climate river basin

Z Xia, F Yu, C Xu, P Lin, Y He, F Liu… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the patterns and drivers of biodiversity across space and time is
commonly based on species diversity, which may ignore species' functional role and …

Seasonal changes in altitudinal patterns of bird species richness in a temperate low-elevation mountain

D Iijima, T Osawa - Acta Oecologica, 2024 - Elsevier
Mountain environments change rapidly over short distances along altitudinal gradients,
providing an ideal system for exploring the mechanisms that shape biodiversity gradients …

[HTML][HTML] Deterministic processes drive turnover-dominated beta diversity of breeding birds along the central Himalayan elevation gradient

Z Ding, J Liang, L Yang, C Wei, H Hu, X Si - Avian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Beta diversity, the variation of community composition among sites, bridges alpha and
gamma diversity and can reveal the mechanisms of community assembly through applying …

Climate factors and food availability shape the altitudinal migration of birds in the Xiling Snow Mountains, China

I Haase, Z Hu, K Peng, Z Yang, K Feng, L Jin… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many bird species in montane regions display altitudinal migration, but so far, the underlying
ecological driving mechanisms are not clear. We studied the altitudinal migration behavior …