elevational gradients

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 138 | Mentions: 141

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Spatial gradients in elevation that capture variation in temperature, soil age and type, disturbance regimes, and land-use histories providing important insights into how organisms, communities, and ecosystems vary with climatic and other abiotic conditions

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elevational gradients

Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

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Related Terms (46)

Publications (140)

The impacts of environmental change on plant and microbial communities: A turf transplant experiment in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Moss and vascular plant cover across elevational gradients in a changing alpine climate

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

Local Adaptations and Fitness of Transplants in the Lewis Flax – Flax Rust Coevolutionary System

Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

Context dependence of warming induced shifts in montane soil microbial functions

The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Dwindling Groundwater Reserves Will Threaten Mountain Streamflow in a Warmer World

The Impact of Environmental Factors on Arizona Tiger Salamander Larval Growth

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modeling in a distributed network experiment: An example from the WaRM Network

Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization

Combined Effects of Aridity and Herbivory on Plant Performance

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient

The effect of cytotype on radial growth rate in quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>) across environmental gradients

Experimental test of the ability of plants to regulate their temperatures under climate change: Using transplanted communities, thermal imaging, and arcGIS across an elevation gradient

Pollination Preferences of <i> Geranium richardsonii </i> Between Bee and Fly Species at High and Low Elevations

The effects of drought on subalpine floral community diversity

Comparative study on pollinator visits to high elevation plant communities in Virginia Basin, Gothic, Colorado

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

Effect of elevation, season and accelerated snowmelt on biogeochemical processes during isolated conifer needle litter decomposition

The Impact of Warming and Species Removal on Soil Respiration at Low and High Elevations

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

Changing Climate Drives Divergent and Nonlinear Shifts in Flowering Phenology across Elevations

Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed

Tracing phenology trends in time and space using herbarium data and citizen science observations in western Colorado

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

The impact of elevational gradients on dark septate endophytes (DSE) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in mountains

An investigation into the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to dark septate endophytes (DSE) ratio on the coarse root to fine root ratio at varying elevation in the rocky mountains

Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

The impact of climate change on Rocky Mountain plant communities: Differences in floral trait along an elevational gradient of transplanted communities

Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of <i>Thlaspi</i>

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Trap behavior of <i> Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha </i> at different elevations in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies <i> (Trichoptera) </i>

Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming

A molecular investigation of soil organic carbon composition across a subalpine catchment

50 years of mountain passes: A perspective on Dan Janzen's classic article

Transgenerational and within-generation plasticity in response to climate change: insights from a manipulative field experiment across an elevational gradient

The Relationship between Soil Properties and Variation in the Morphology and Phenology of non-native mustard plant <i>Thlaspi arvense</i> in Subalpine Meadows

Determining the Effects of Climate-Induced Range Shifts on Caddisfly Population Dynamics

The Effect of Climate Change on Plant Communities in the Rocky Mountains: How floral traits differ along an elevational gradient and in reciprocally transplanted communities

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

Local adaption in <i>Boechera stricta</i> in the context of climate change

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

Elevation alters ecosystem properties across temperate treelines globally

Does it stay or does it go: exploring seasonal influences on nutrients across topography in a Colorado mountain watershed

Phenology and Phenotypic Variation of <i>Thlaspi arvense</i> Along an Elevational Gradient

Factors that affect territory size in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

Dormancy rates in microbial communities across an elevational gradient

The Role of <i>Castilleja spp.</i> In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

Climate Change Affects Boechera stricta Genotypes Through Local Maladaptation

A Comparative Analysis of Saxicolous Lichen Diversity and Cover along an Elevation Gradient on Talus Slopes in Gunnison National Forest to Infer Possible Climate Change Effects

Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

Native ant (<i>Formica rufa, Formica fusca</i>), <i>Nicrophorus spp.</i> interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

The maintenance of flower colour polymorphism in self-pollinating <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

Consistently inconsistent drivers of patterns of microbial diversity and abundance at macroecological scales

Sex ratio and reproductive success along elevational gradients of gynodioecious populations of <i>Geranium richardsonii</i>

Analyzing the effect of climate change on <i>Boechera stricta</i> seed germination and fitness along an elevational gradient

How do Plant Traits Affect Thermoregulation?

The future of plant-fungal symbioses along elevational gradients

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient