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Plant diversity gradients along the Himalaya: A comparison between the east and the west
(Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 2018) Kumar, Suresh; Rawat, G.S.; Price, Trevor
Patterns and causes of latitudinal and elevational diversity gradients have gained increasing attention in the field of macroecology. A monotonic decline in species richness from low to high latitudes and elevations was widely accepted as the common pattern for a long time. However, reviews of the available literature on patterns of species diversity along elevational radients show that species richness often does not monotonically decline with elevation. In this thesis, I analyse the elevational and latitudinal patterns of plant species richness across the Himalaya.