Understanding biogeographic variation in species diversity patterns is important for conservation of biological diversity (Socolar et al., 2016;Vetaas & Grytnes, 2002). Elevational patterns of species richness, in recent decades, have received much attention in ecological and biogeographic studies (Brown,
The utility of elevational gradients as tools to test either ecological hypotheses and delineate elevation-associated environmental factors that explain the species diversity patterns is critical for moss species conservation. We examined the elevational
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