Title: The elevational gradient of species richness: a uniform pattern?
Abstract: EcographyVolume 18, Issue 2 p. 200-205 Free Access The elevational gradient of species richness: a uniform pattern? Carsten Rahbek, Carsten Rahbek Centre for Tropical Biodiversity, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitesparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.Search for more papers by this author Carsten Rahbek, Carsten Rahbek Centre for Tropical Biodiversity, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitesparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.Search for more papers by this author First published: June 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1995.tb00341.xCitations: 863AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Reference Begon, M, Harper, J L and Townsend, C R 1990 Ecology Individuals, populations and communities ( 2nd ed) -Blackwell. Oxford . Brown, J H 1988 Species diversity - In A A Myers and P S Giller (eds). Analytical biogeography - an integrated approach to the study of animal and plant distribution Chapman and Hall, New York , pp 57– 89. Brown, J H- and Gibson. A C 1983 Biogeography -CV Mosby, St Louis . Carson, W P and Barrett, G W 1988 Succession in old-field plant communities effects of contrasting types of nutrient enrichment - Ecology 69 984– 994. Chapman, FM 1917 The distribution of bird -life in Colombia a contribution to a biological survey of South America Bull Amer Mus Nat Hist 36 1– 729. Colwell, R K and Hurtt, G C 1994 Nonbiological gradients in species richness and a spurious Rapoport effect - Am Nat 144 570– 595. Diamond, J M 1972 Avifauna of the eastern highlands of New Guinea - Nuttall Ornith Club 11 1– 438. Erwin, T L 1988 The tropical forest canopy the heart of biotic' diversity - In E O Wilson (ed), Biodiversity National Academy Press, Washington. D C . pp 123– 129. Fjeldså, J 1994 Geographical patterns for relict and young species of birds m Africa and South America and implications for conservation priorities - Biodiv Conserv 3 207– 226. Flannery, T 1990 Mammals of New Guinea - Robert Brown and Ass, Sydney Hutchinson, G E 1959 Homage to Santa Rosalia, or “why are there so many kinds of animals” -Am Nat 93 145– 159. Kikkawa, J and Williams, E E 1971 Altitude distribution of land birds in New Guinea - Search 2 64– 65. Mac Arthur. R H 1972 Geographical ecology - Harper and Rowe Publ, New York . Mares. M A 1992 Neotropical mammals and the myth of Amazonian biodiversity - Science 25 976– 979. Preston, F W 1962 The canonical distribution of commonness and rarity - Ecology 43 185– 215, 410–432. Rohde, K 1992 Latitudinal gradients in species diversity the search for the primary cause - Oikos 65 514– 527. Rosenzweig, M L 1971 Paradox of enrichment destabilization of exploitation ecosystem in ecological time - Science 171 385– 387. Rosenzweig, 1992 Species diversity gradients we know more and less than we thought - J Mammal 73 715– 730. Rosenzweig, and Abramsky. Z 1993 How are diversity and productivity related - In R Ricklefs and D Schluter (eds). Species diversity in ecological communities Historical and geographical perspectives Univ of Chicago Press, Chicago , pp 52– 65. Stevens. G C 1992 The elevational gradient in altitudinal range an extension of Rapoport's latitudinal rule to altitude -Am Nat 140 893– 911. Terborgh, J 1977 Bird species diversity on an Andean elevational gradient - Ecology 58 1007– 1019. Wiens, J A 1981 Scale problems in avian censusing -Stud Avian Biol 6 513– 521. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1992 Global diversity status of the Earth's living resources - Chapman and Hall, London . Wright, D H 1983 Species-energy theory an extension of species-area theory - Oikos 41 496– 506. Citing Literature Volume18, Issue2June 1995Pages 200-205 This article also appears in:Ecography Goes Open Access ReferencesRelatedInformation