A high endemism, with 58 endemic species, was found in the montane forest and paramo ecotone between 26002800 m, and. Department of animal ecology i, university of bayreuth, 95440 bayreuth, germany. Montane forest diversity influencing pioneer flora on. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the collapse of anuran. Shannon diversity h, pielou evenness j and simpson dominance. All relevant data are within the paper and its supporting information files. We describe the distribution of dung beetle diversity along an altitudinal gradient on a tropical mountain in southeastern brazil, including the spatial partitioning of taxonomic and functional diversities. All uploads and downloads are deemed secure and files are permanently deleted from the smallpdf servers within an hour. For this, four sampling expeditions evaluated four altitudinal levels i2 753, ii3 015, iii3 250 and iv3 687 masl in iztaccihuatl volcano, from november 2003, and march, june and august 2004.
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