altitudinal

Examples

• All

• The topography is undulating, higher in the north and descending toward the south, with an altitudinal range between 200 and 1,586 meters.

  Academic text (2003)

• For several years, I spent long hours categorizing New Guinea bird species according to the particular altitudinal zone that I thought each species could be considered to occupy.

  Academic text (1990)

• Precisely why altitudinal migrants that normally occur in forests move into second growth is not completely clear.

  Academic text (1992)

• Most altitudinal migrants do not occur outside of primary forest, or do so only infrequently.

  Academic text (1992)

• On an annual basis, each altitudinal layer has a period of maximum pasture production and another period with a severe deficit.

  Academic text (2011)

• We start with a regional approach and describe variation associated with altitudinal migrants in the 44,000-hectare Braulio Carrillo National Park.

  Academic text (1992)

• Although some altitudinal migrants can cross cleared areas (e.g., pastures), movements of many are restricted to closed forest areas.

  Academic text (1992)

• For example, the presence of frugivorous altitudinal migrants during some years at La Selva is markedly greater than during other years (Figure 3).

  Academic text (1992)

• Another aspect in which the tropics' supposedly wondrous web of relations wasn't obvious had to do with species' altitudinal distributions.

  Academic text (1990)

• U.S. bird watchers can think of some similar altitudinal sequences on temperate-zone mountains, such as those among North American chickadees, jays, and thrushes.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

E

elevational

vsaltitudinal

• Specialized

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Relating to height above sea level, for example how plants and temperature change

focuses on height above sea level and differences in elevation

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology