Background Tropical forests are threatened by intensifying natural and anthropogenic
disturbance regimes. Disturbances reduce tree cover and leave the organic topsoil …

Despite being identified as a driver of mobile predator aggregations (hotspots) in both
marine and terrestrial environments, topographic complexity has long remained a …

Slope aspect plays a critical role in influencing vegetation pattern in semiarid area. The dry
valleys of the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwestern China, are striking geographical …

Aims The choice of environmental predictor variables in correlative models of plant species
distributions (hereafter SDM s) is crucial to ensure predictive accuracy and model realism …

The evolution of hydrological drought events is a result of complex (nonlinear) interactions
between climate and catchment processes. To investigate such nonlinear relationship, we …

Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: A comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis for students
and researchers Mountains are topographically complex formations that play a fundamental …

Topography affects abiotic conditions which can influence the structure, function and
dynamics of ecological communities. An increasing number of studies have demonstrated …

Plant distributions are strongly influenced by both climate and topography. In an analysis of
geographic and topographic distributions for selected tree species in California, we found …

Aim In the alpine life zone, plant diversity is strongly determined by local topography and
microclimate. We assessed the extent to which aspect and its relatedness to temperature …

Over the past 3 million years, humans have expanded their ecological niche and adapted to
more diverse environments. The temporal evolution and underlying drivers behind this niche …