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elevational Rapoport effect: a standalone construct

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Biogeography

the extension of Rapoport's rule to mountains, in which species at higher elevations have broader elevational ranges.

In biogeography, elevational Rapoport effect refers to the extension of Rapoport's rule to mountains, in which species at higher elevations have broader elevational ranges. This meaning comes from Stevens (1992) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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extension3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs Rapoport's rule1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct species4 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Stevens, G. C. (1992). The Elevational Gradient in Altitudinal Range: An Extension of Rapoport's Latitudinal Rule to Altitude. The American Naturalist, 140(6), 893-911. https://doi.org/10.1086/285447

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