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Ecohydrological Gradient in Neotropical Montane Ecosystems: From Tropical Montane Forests to Glacier
Neotropical montane ecosystems are diverse and complex, ranging from glaciers, on top of highest mountains (above 4500 masl), with no vegetation at...
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Loss of amphibian species alters periphyton communities in montane ponds
Amphibian larvae can affect the structure and functioning of freshwater ecosystems, but their effects have been little explored although amphibian...
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Cyclone–Fire Interactions Enhance Fire Extent and Severity in a Tropical Montane Pine Forest
Interactions between tropical cyclones and wildfires occur widely and can tip closed forests into open-canopy structures that initiate a ‘grass–fire’...
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Revising vulnerability assessments of montane birds in the colombian páramo to account for threats from climate change
Tropical montane ecosystems are highly vulnerable to global climate change, but their species-level conservation vulnerability assessments generally...
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Assessing the impact of land use change on different components of plant diversity in a tropical montane cloud forest of Mexico
Worldwide, land use change is largely promoting intense biodiversity loss in many ecosystems, and Mexico is no exception to this. The information on...
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Allopatric montane wren-babblers exhibit similar song notes but divergent vocal sequences
AbstractThe songs of many passerine birds consist of notes temporally arranged into vocal sequences following syntactic structures and function both...
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The Amphibians of the Mexican Montane Cloud Forest
The Montane Cloud Forest (MCF) is one of the rarest and most emblematic ecosystems in Mexico. Its landscapes are characterized by dense fog banks,...
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Local and Regional Effects of Land-Use Intensity on Aboveground Biomass and Tree Diversity in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
The quantity and spatial patterns of aboveground biomass (AGB) are expected to correlate with ecosystem structure and biodiversity across biomes....
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Regional variation in the distribution of patterned fens in the montane-boreal regions of Alberta, Canada
Peatlands represent an important part of the landscape of boreal western Canada, occupying some 365,157 km 2 . Sixty-three percent of these are...
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A new montane species of Protium (Burseraceae) from Ecuador and Peru. Studies in neotropical Burseraceae XXXII
Protium inversum (Burseraceae), is described and illustrated, adding to the number of recently revealed montane Andean species in this genus. Its...
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How do montane plants manage to survive? Inferring from non-structural carbohydrates
Key messageNon-structural carbohydrates are distributed and stored in various organs, enabling plants to make a trade-off between “growth” and...
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Burn severity and proximity to undisturbed forest drive post-fire recovery in the tropical montane forests of northern Vietnam
BackgroundIn recent decades, fire has increasingly occurred in the tropical montane rainforests of northern Vietnam. However, there are few studies...
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Rural occupancy in a montane burrowing snake: the importance of thermal and microhabitat resources during the rainy season
Thermal and microhabitat resources are two fundamental requirements that affect the life history of any ectotherm. Furthering our understanding of...
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Land use types affect soil microbial NO3− immobilization through changed fungal and bacterial contribution in alkaline soils of a subtropical montane agricultural landscape
Soil microbial nitrate (NO 3 − ) immobilization plays a vital role in enhancing the nitrogen (N) retention in the subtropical montane agricultural...
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Monitoring montane-subalpine forest ecotone in the Pyrenees through sequential forest inventories and Landsat imagery
Key messageAbies alba Mill.– Pinus uncinata Ramond. ecotone dynamics are examined along both altitudinal and protection level gradients by combining...
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Carbon Stocks and Total Belowground Carbon Flux Respond to Weather and Grazing in Semiarid Montane Meadows
Montane meadow ecosystems are regional carbon (C) hot spots relative to surrounding uplands and can be substantial C sinks or sources. In the...
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Laboratory and field measurements of water relations, photosynthetic parameters, and hydration traits in macrolichens in a tropical lower montane rainforest in Thailand
Ecophysiological studies of lichens in tropical Asia are rare, and additional studies can increase the understanding of lichen life in this region....
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Functional traits and environment drive montane amphibian distribution in the southern Philippines
Montane amphibians are vulnerable to environmental and climatic changes. Species response to these changes can be better understood by analyzing how...
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A Fundamental Role of Slope Aspect and Elevation in Controlling Diversity Patterns of Soil Bacterial Communities: Insights from an Arid-Montane Ecosystem in China
In montane ecosystems, slope aspect and elevation are the main topographic parameters that produce environmental heterogeneity related to...
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The Afromontane Forest and Montane Grassland Biome
The most vulnerable, yet biogeographically important forests of Angola are the relict patches of Afromontane forests of the highlands. This Chapter...