Latitudinal Pattern of Between-Altitude Faunal Similarity: Mountains Might be "Higher" in the Tropics
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- letter
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 112 (983) , 225-229
- https://doi.org/10.1086/283262
Abstract
When moving up or down a mountain from a given site, one encounters faunas that differ by varying degrees. The elevational separation between sites [Costa Rica to California, USA] obviously influences the magnitude of that difference (faunal similarity is inversely proportional to elevational separation); local environmental discontinuities, slope steepness and certain global factors may also affect these between-altitude faunal similarities. One possible global relationship, that of latitude and the extent of faunal similarity for reptilian [lizard and snake] and amphibian [frog] communities at different altitudes is examined.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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