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Climate change pushing tropical trees upslope 'exactly as predicted'

2013-09-27 18:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Tropical tree communities are moving up mountainsides to cooler habitats as temperatures rise, a new study in Global Change Biology has found. By examining the tree species present in ten one-hectare plots at various intervals over a decade, researchers found that the proportion of lowland species increased in the plots at higher elevations. The study, which was undertaken in Volcan Barva, Costa Rica, adds to a growing body of evidence that climate change is having an impact on species range distributions....

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