Many of the polyploid genera that are like Pachycladon exhibiting chromosomal stasis are species-rich and generally considered to be recent species radiations, often into mainly alpine-montane habitats.
In Alberta, the phenological patterns of bear food differ between the alpine and montane groups (Nielsen et al. 2003, 2010; Coogan et al. 2012), thus the optimal body size may vary by local environment (McLellan 2011).
Both the habitat clusters and principal component scores (Fig. 2B, S2a) show a distinction between the alpine and montane individuals, while the three genetic clusters are roughly broken down in a latitudinal fashion (Fig. 2A).
Similarly, when alpine and montane-boreal lakes are combined (i.e. sites >60°N excluded), a significant linear relationship (r = 0.51; p<0.003; n = 32) emerges between 20th century β-diversity and altitude (Fig. 4B).
Although arctic lakes have responded sensitively to 20th-century climate change, it remains uncertain how these ecological transformations compare with alpine and montane-boreal counterparts over the same interval.
I am interested in bryophyte diversity of montane, alpine and wetland ecosystems.
This plant occurs worldwide and in the Alps it grows in the foothills and the montane, alpine and subalpine zones.
In the half hour between Banff and the start of the parkway, at Lake Louise, I learned the difference between the montane, sub-alpine and alpine regions, and how the glacial lakes got their intense color: The glaciers grind up rock into fine particles and the light reflected off the so-called rock flour suspended in the water produces the brilliant blue-green.
Species In Genus: > 100 species: boreal arctic, temperate montane to alpine North America, Eurasia.
India's northernmost areas are subject to a montane, or alpine, climate.
Within the park, Olympic marmots inhabit lush sub-alpine and alpine meadows, fields, and montane scree slopes.
