A decrease in overall plant species diversity and forest stature with increasing elevation is a general trend in moist tropical mountain areas (e.g., Aiba and Kitayama 1999; Cavelier 1996; Gentry 1988, 1995; Grubb 1977; Lieberman et al. 1996; Richter 2001) and was confirmed for the RBSF (Homeier 2004).
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Homeier, J., Werner, F.A., Gradstein, S.R., Breckle, S.W., Richter, M. (2008). Flora and Fungi: Composition and Function. In: Beck, E., Bendix, J., Kottke, I., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R. (eds) Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador. Ecological Studies, vol 198. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73526-7_10
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