It has a sharp altitudinal and north-south climatic gradient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeira evergreen forests] Reference

Mandaville and Ghazanfar describe a marked altitudinal zonation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands] Reference

The wide altitudinal range of this ecoregion dictates several forest zones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference

Topography and elevation - It has a wide distribution and altitudinal range.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

Climatically, the ecoregion is characterized by a sharp altitudinal gradient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference

The wide altitudinal range of this ecoregion results in several forest zones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crete Mediterranean forests] Reference

Seed rain and seed bank along an alpine altitudinal gradient in Swedish Lapland.    From Wordnik.com.  [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference

Geographical and altitudinal distribution of endemic birds in the Albertine Rift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Albertine Rift montane forests] Reference

The upper altitudinal limit of this strata is determined by regular occurrence of frost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Arc forests] Reference

It protects species that need to move along an altitudinal gradient throughout the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lorentz National Park, Indonesia] Reference

The altitudinal range of the tree is from 380 m below sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

High Temperature Tef tolerates temperatures (at its lower altitudinal range) well above 35°C.    From Wordnik.com.  [12. Tef] Reference

As in other montane ranges, the distribution of vegetation follows an altitudinal zonification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Araya and Paria xeric scrub] Reference

The altitudinal gradient produces a rapid species turnover and congeneric replacements of species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cauca Valley montane forests] Reference

During this fourth period, the upper treeline was at its lowest altitudinal position of the millennium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate change and forest distribution in the Arctic] Reference

The vegetation and flora along an altitudinal transect through tropical forest at Mount Korobaba, Fiji.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiji tropical moist forests] Reference

This altitudinal zone is subdivided into lower montane subzone, mid-montane subzone and upper montane subzone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lorentz National Park, Indonesia] Reference

Identify and restore linkage zones to maintain and restore altitudinal corridors for seasonal migration of wildlife.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sierra Nevada forests] Reference

It supports a diverse flora, largely because of the wide altitudinal range, and a number of rare or threatened animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India] Reference

Together with the steep altitudinal gradient, this climatic diversity results in high beta species diversity and endemism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cauca Valley montane forests] Reference

The lower altitudinal limits of the ecoregion range from approximately 3500 meters (m) in the north to 1800 m in the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Andean steppe] Reference

Furthermore, because of the altitudinal zonation that occurs here, the distribution of ecoregions here is highly stratified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests] Reference

The montane altitudinal zone comprises the Kemum Land System, which consists of steep-sided deeply dissected mountain ridges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lorentz National Park, Indonesia] Reference

Keith, S. (1980) The Avifauna of the Impenetrable Forest, Kigezi, Uganda, with special reference to altitudinal distribution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda] Reference

The species will also tolerate water logging as in the low altitudinal riverine areas of southeast Nigeria, Togo and Cameroon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 42] Reference

The compensating effect of latitude is apparent in the altitudinal limits of zonation, which rise in elevation as one moves south.    From Wordnik.com.  [New England-Acadian forests] Reference

Within the Togo Hills (Chaine de Togo), the topography shows much altitudinal variation and the maximum elevation reaches 1,000 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Guinean forests] Reference

Preliminary account of a survey of arthropods (insects and spiders) along an altitudinal rainforest transect in tropical Queensland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia] Reference

This complex includes a considerable altitudinal range of 1,900 m ranging from the Japanese Sea coast to the highest watershed marks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation] Reference

Also, altitudinal migrations, from the upper mountains, have been recorded here, specially with some parrots and hummingbirds species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference

Diverse altitudinal habitat ranges contribute to the existence of a great diversity of communities within the Central Chiapas Depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chiapas Depression dry forests] Reference

The Caribbean slope is a major migration route; neotropical and altitudinal migrants comprise about 30% of the avifauna, particularly against the foothills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Isthmian-Pacific moist forests] Reference

The highest altitudinal position reached by the treeline and the densest and most productive larch stands of the last millennium occurred in the 13th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate change and forest distribution in the Arctic] Reference

Point or alpha diversities are not very high when compared with the lowlands, but regional diversities are very high because of the altitudinal species turnover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cauca Valley montane forests] Reference

Besides protecting the remnant fragments of native habitats, forest corridors between fragments, conservation areas and altitudinal gradients should be established.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magdalena Valley montane forests] Reference

This great altitudinal range significantly influences rainfall and temperatures in various areas of the country, which in turn dictate the dominant vegetation types.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

The endemic flora is distributed all along the altitudinal gradient; examples are Campanula garganica, Adonis distorta, Aquilegia ottonis, and Soldanella minima subsp. samnitica.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference