Altitudinal migration: ecological drivers, knowledge gaps, and conservation implications

ABSTRACT Animal migration has been the subject of intensive research for more than a century, but most research has focused on long‐distance rather than short‐distance migration. Altitudinal migration is a form of short‐distance migration in which individuals perform seasonal elevational movements....

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Published in:	Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 2049 - 2070
Main Authors:	Hsiung, An C., Boyle, W. Alice, Cooper, Robert J., Chandler, Richard B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2018
Subjects:	Adaptation, Physiological Altitude Animal Migration Animals Birds Body size Climate change Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources Demographics differential migration Ecosystem elevational movement Environmental changes Environmental effects Habitat fragmentation Habitat loss Humans insects mammals Migratory species partial migration Population viability Populations reptiles seasonal migration Taxa Taxonomy Wildlife conservation elevational movement differential migration mammals seasonal migration reptiles partial migration birds insects
ISSN:	1464-7931, 1469-185X, 1469-185X
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