An analysis of the elevational distributions of Southeast Asian birds over a 28-year period provides evidence for a potential upward shift for 94 common resident species. These species might have shifted their lower, upper, or both lower and upper boundaries toward a higher elevation in response to climate warming. These upward shifts occurred regardless of habitat specificity, further implicating climate warming, in addition to habitat loss, as a potentially important factor affecting the already imperiled biotas of Southeast Asia.
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1 May 2007
POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ELEVATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF TROPICAL BIRDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
KELVIN S-H. PEH
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The Condor
Vol. 109 • No. 2
May 2007
Vol. 109 • No. 2
May 2007
disturbance
elevational limit
elevational range
global warming
Southeast Asia