Aims To describe the biodiversity patterns of plants along an altitudinal gradient on the
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and to clarify the bias in plant specimen records at high altitude …

Background: The study of the variation in species composition and richness along gradients
has a long history in ecology. Despite this, knowledge about how composition and richness …

Changes in plant species diversity along an altitudinal gradient and the relationship
between biodiversity and productivity are important issues in ecology, which have not been …

The mechanisms underlying elevation patterns in species and phylogenetic diversity remain
a central issue in ecology and are vital for effective biodiversity conservation in the …

Abstract Aim The Tibetan Plateau harbours the highest alpine and endemic plant diversity in
the world, attributed to rapid diversification during the plateau uplift and Quaternary climate …

Varying patterns of plant community diversity along geographical gradients are a significant
topic in biodiversity research. Here, to explore the integrated effects of latitude and altitude …

One hundred and sixty plots, approximately every 100 m above sea level (as 1.) along an
altitudinal gradient from 470 to 3 080 m as 1. at the southern and northern watershed of Mt …

Introduction Distribution pattern and diversity of flora was compared along an altitudinal
gradient using the stratified random sampling design for identifying major plant communities …

Large-scale patterns of biodiversity and the underlying mechanisms that regulate these
patterns are central topics in biogeography and macroecology. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau …

Elevational patterns of species richness and their underlying mechanisms have long been a
controversial issue in biodiversity and biogeographical research, and several hypotheses …