“…In this study, we utilized a 15‐year dataset of bird point counts along an elevational gradient in the Afrotropics to estimate changes in the distributions of bird populations over time and in relation to interannual fluctuations in temperature and precipitation. Elevational gradients in the Afrotropics are particularly understudied compared to the Neotropics (Forero‐Medina, Terborgh, et al, 2011; Freeman, Scholer, et al, 2018; Neate‐Clegg et al, 2018) and Southeast Asia (Boyce, Freeman, Mitchell, & Martin, 2015; Freeman & Class Freeman, 2014; Peh, 2007), making this one of the first investigations into observed shift rates in this biogeographical realm (but see Dulle et al, 2016; van der Hoek, Faida, Musemakweli, & Tuyisingize, 2020). Here, we investigated whether 51 bird species have (a) shifted their mean elevation over time, (b) shifted their elevational range limits over time, (c) shifted their elevation in relation to temperature and precipitation, and (d) whether shift rates were associated with key ecological traits.…”