<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laurance, W.F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gamez, L. Arellano</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hietz, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fiedler, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pyrcz, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wolf, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merkordn, C.L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardelus, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marshallp, A. R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ah-Peng, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aplets, G.H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Useche, D.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arizmendit, M. C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bakeru, W.J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barone, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brühl, C.A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bussmann, R.W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cicuzza, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eilu, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Favil, M. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemp, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemp, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shoo, L.P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Homeiera, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hurtadoa, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jankowskia, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kattan, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kluge, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krömer, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leesaf, D.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lehnert, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Longino, J.T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lovettp, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herzog, S.K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martin, P. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patterson, B.D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pearson, R.G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peh, K.S. -H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Richardson, B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Richardson, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samways, M.J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Senbeta, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smith, T.B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Utteridge, T.M.A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kessler, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Watkins, J.E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wilson, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">William, S.E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thomas, C.D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Escobar, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brehm, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Axmacher, J.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, I-Ching</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biological Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LUQ</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.010</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tropical species with narrow elevational ranges may be thermally specialized and vulnerable to global warming. Local studies of distributions along elevational gradients reveal small-scale patterns but do not allow generalizations among geographic regions or taxa. We critically assessed data from 249 studies of species elevational distributions in the American, African, and Asia-Pacific tropics. Of these, 150 had sufficient data quality, sampling intensity, elevational range, and freedom from serious habitat disturbance to permit robust across-study comparisons. We found four main patterns: (1) species classified as elevational specialists (upper- or lower-zone specialists) are relatively more frequent in the American than Asia-Pacific tropics, with African tropics being intermediate; (2) elevational specialists are rare on islands, especially oceanic and smaller continental islands, largely due to a paucity of upper-zone specialists; (3) a relatively high proportion of plants and ectothermic vertebrates (amphibians and reptiles) are upper-zone specialists; and (4) relatively few endothermic vertebrates (birds and mammals) are upperzone specialists. Understanding these broad-scale trends will help identify taxa and geographic regions vulnerable to global warming and highlight future research priorities.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-86518</style></accession-num></record></records></xml>