@article{fdi:010063090,
  title = {{B}iodiversity patterns and continental insularity in the tropical {H}igh {A}ndes},
  author = {{A}nthelme, {F}abien and {J}acobsen, {D}. and {M}acek, {P}. and {M}eneses, {R}. {I}. and {M}oret, {P}. and {B}eck, {S}. and {D}angles, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lpine areas of the tropical {A}ndes constitute the largest of all tropical alpine regions worldwide. {T}hey experience a particularly harsh climate, and they are fragmented into tropical alpine islands at various spatial scales. {T}hese factors generate unique patterns of continental insularity, whose impacts on biodiversity remain to be examined precisely. {B}y reviewing existing literature and by presenting unpublished data on beta-diversity and endemism for a wide array of taxonomic groups, we aimed at providing a clear, overall picture of the isolation-biodiversity relationship in the tropical alpine environments of the {A}ndes. {O}ur analyses showed that (1) taxa with better dispersal capacities and wider distributions (e.g., grasses and birds) were less restricted to alpine areas at local scale; (2) similarity among communities decreased with spatial distance between isolated alpine areas; and (3) endemism reached a peak in small alpine areas strongly isolated from main alpine islands. {T}hese results pinpoint continental insularity as a powerful driver of biodiversity in the tropical {H}igh {A}ndes. {A} combination of human activities and warming is expected to increase the effects of continental insularity in the next decades, especially by amplifying the resistance of the lowland matrix that surrounds tropical alpine islands.},
  keywords = {{ANDES} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}rctic {A}ntarctic and {A}lpine {R}esearch},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {811--828},
  ISSN = {1523-0430},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1657/1938-4246-46.4.811},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063090},
}