Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming Flashcards
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What is the Great Acceleration?
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Globally accelerating trends in societal development and human environmental impacts since the mid-twentieth century
2
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What locations are particularly sensitive to ecological change?
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Mountains are particularly sensitive to ecological change and are experiencing some of the highest rates of warming under anthropogenic climate change.
3
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The accelerated increase in species richness on mountain summits is likely to result from…
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an upward shift in the upper range limits of an
increasing number of species.
