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Andean montane forests and climate change

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Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change

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The montane forest habitats of the Andes support exceptionally high biodiversity, with many species occupying narrow elevational ranges (e.g., Terborgh, 1977). These attributes, combined with the short migratory distances, often <30km separates the lowlands from the upper forest line, allows montane forests to be extremely sensitive monitors of climatic change.

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Bush, M.B., Hanselman, J.A., Hooghiemstra, H. (2011). Andean montane forests and climate change. In: Bush, M., Flenley, J., Gosling, W. (eds) Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05383-2_2

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