Elevational Diversity Patterns of Rodents Differ Between Wet and Arid Mountains
Kohli BA, Miyajima RJ, Jarzyna MA. 2022. Elevational Diversity Patterns of Rodents Differ Between Wet and Arid Mountains. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(9):1726-1740
ABSTRACT: Patterns of species richness along elevation gradients vary with geographic and environmental factors but evidence for similar variation in functional and phylogenetic diversity remains scarce. Here, we provide the most comprehensive evaluation to date of elevational gradients in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of rodents–one of the most ecologically diverse groups of mammals–and test the effects of latitude and aridity on their variation for the first time.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kohli, Brooks; Miyajima, Reymond; Jarzyna, Marta
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- aridity, biodiversity, dispersion, elevational diversity gradient, elevational gradient, evenness, functional diversity, Mammalia, mountains, phylogenetic diversity, Rodentia, rodents