Comparing the response of birds and butterflies to vegetation-based mountain ecotones using boundary detection approaches.

Mountains provide an opportunity to examine changes in biodiversity across environmental gradients and areas of transition (ecotones). Mountain ecotones separate vegetation belts. Here, we aimed to examine whether transition areas for birds and butterflies spatially correspond with ecotones between...

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Main Authors: Rafi Kent, Oded Levanoni, Eran Banker, Guy Pe'er, Salit Kark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3594306?pdf=render