Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants' elevation ranges globally.
Gallou A, Jump AS, Lynn JS, Field R, Irl SDH, Steinbauer MJ, Beierkuhnlein C, Chen JC, Chou CH, Hemp A, Kidane Y, König C, Kreft H, Naqinezhad A, Nowak A, Nuppenau JN, Trigas P, Price JP, Roland CA, Schweiger AH, Weigelt P, Flantua SGA, Grytnes JA.
Gallou A, et al. Among authors: price jp.
Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 30;14(1):7890. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43477-8.
Nat Commun. 2023.
PMID: 38036522
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We test these contrasting predictions by relating 88,000 elevation range sizes of vascular plants in 44 mountains to short- and long-term temperature variation. Consistent with our hypothesis, we find that species' range size is negatively correlated with diurnal temperatu …
We test these contrasting predictions by relating 88,000 elevation range sizes of vascular plants in 44 mountains to short- and long-term …