Studies of elevation clines in diversity and composition of ecological communities date back
to the origins of biogeography. A modern resurgence of interests in these elevational clines …

Aim Elevational gradients distributed across the globe are a powerful test system for
understanding biodiversity. Here I use a comprehensive set of bird elevational gradients to …

Aim Species richness and endemic richness vary along elevation gradients, but not
necessarily in the same way. This study tests if the maxima in gamma diversity for flowering …

Aim A global meta‐analysis was used to elucidate a mechanistic understanding of
elevational species richness patterns of bats by examining both regional and local climatic …

A global analysis of elevational diversity trends for nonvolant small mammals revealed a
clear pattern of mid‐elevational peaks in species richness. Fifty‐six data sets were used to …

The four major papers in this special feature present and interpret data from field studies on
the distributions and diversity of small mammals in elevational gradients on mountains in the …

Aim To explore the variation in species richness along a subtropical elevation gradient, and
evaluate how climatic variables explain the richness of the different life forms such as trees …

Aim The objective of this study was to comprehensively document and examine the alpha
and gamma patterns of species richness in non‐volant, small mammals (rodents, shrews …

The Great Basin of arid western North America provides one of the most detailed late
Pleistocene and Holocene mammal records available for any part of the world, though the …

Abstract 1 It is widely accepted that tropical lowland rain forest holds the greatest diversity of
organisms, and it is often implied that this general pattern is also true for virtually all …