Nat Commun2026Article

全球不同山脉和类群的高山生物多样性模式对比

Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide

Lotta Schultz · Ondřej Mottl · L. Camila Pacheco-Riaño · Eline S. Rentier · Pierre Denelle · Stefan Dullinger · Holger Kreft · Davnah Urbach · Mark Snethlage · Riccardo Testolin · Patrick Weigelt · Matteo Anderle · Óscar J. Arribas · Addisu Asefa · Santiago F. Burneo · Carlos Daniel Cadena · Brindusa Covaci · Mihai Covaci · Kiraz Erciyas-Yavuz · Jesús A. Fernández · Astghik Ghazaryan · Arash Ghoddousi · Pranav Gokhale · Stephan Halloy · Tigran Hayrapetyan · Muhammad Zafar Khan · Igor Khorozyan · Shai Meiri · Michele Menegon · Joanne Monks · Agustina Novillo · Jairo Pérez-Torres · Donald Reid · Uri Roll · Paras Bikram Singh · Anil Soyumert · Peter John Taylor · Oscar Thomas · J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona · Sylvain Ursenbacher · Wei Xu · Nigel G. Yoccoz · Dongru Zhang · John-Arvid Grytnes · Suzette G. A. Flantua

1. 信息

DOI10.1038/s41467-026-75210-6

期刊Nature Communications / Nat Commun

类型Article

发表2026-07-03 （online）

卷期页17(1): 9847

收录2026-10-09

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关键词alpine biodiversity mountain biodiversity altitudinal range species richness biodiversity hotspots latitudinal gradient vascular plants mammals birds reptiles

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2. 摘要

The alpine biome, located at higher elevations of mountains worldwide, supports unique biodiversity and provides important ecosystem contributions to people. Despite the growing recognition of mountain biodiversity in international policy frameworks, substantial gaps remain in our understanding of how alpine biodiversity varies across mountain systems, undermining estimates of its conservation value and consequently effective conservation strategies. Here, we curate a dataset on alpine biodiversity, incorporating expert-validated data on species’ elevational ranges for vascular plants, mammals, birds, and reptiles across 32 mountain ranges worldwide. We show that alpine biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in Neotropical regions, while most temperate regions represent coldspots with lower species richness. These patterns persist whether considering species with broad elevational ranges or only those strictly confined to the alpine zone. Unlike the classical latitudinal gradient of biodiversity, alpine richness patterns show no consistent relationship with latitude, highlighting the importance of regional history, landscape structure, and biogeographical processes.

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4. 引用

Schultz L, Mottl O, Pacheco-Riaño L C, et al. Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide[J]. Nature Communications, 2026, 17(1): 9847. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-75210-6.

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@article{schultz2026,
  author = {Lotta Schultz and Ondřej Mottl and L. Camila Pacheco-Riaño and Eline S. Rentier and Pierre Denelle and Stefan Dullinger and Holger Kreft and Davnah Urbach and Mark Snethlage and Riccardo Testolin and Patrick Weigelt and Matteo Anderle and Óscar J. Arribas and Addisu Asefa and Santiago F. Burneo and Carlos Daniel Cadena and Brindusa Covaci and Mihai Covaci and Kiraz Erciyas-Yavuz and Jesús A. Fernández and Astghik Ghazaryan and Arash Ghoddousi and Pranav Gokhale and Stephan Halloy and Tigran Hayrapetyan and Muhammad Zafar Khan and Igor Khorozyan and Shai Meiri and Michele Menegon and Joanne Monks and Agustina Novillo and Jairo Pérez-Torres and Donald Reid and Uri Roll and Paras Bikram Singh and Anil Soyumert and Peter John Taylor and Oscar Thomas and J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona and Sylvain Ursenbacher and Wei Xu and Nigel G. Yoccoz and Dongru Zhang and John-Arvid Grytnes and Suzette G. A. Flantua},
  title = {Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {17},
  number = {1},
  pages = {9847},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-75210-6},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
}

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