Determinants of high mountain plant diversity in the Chilean Andes: From regional to local spatial scales
Fig 2
Conceptual diagram showing the relationship between species richness and the standardized elevation across contrasted latitudes.
Species richness variation along an elevational gradient in a sub-Antarctic mountain (blue lines) and in two Mediterranean-climate type mountains with different length in dry season: long dry season (red lines) and short dry season (purple lines). The solid lines represent the richness patterns when the main environmental stressor is coldness. The dotted lines represent the richness patterns when summer drought (red dotted line), facilitation (blue dotted line), or both mechanisms (purple dotted lines) act modulating the original monotonic pattern. Decreasing and increasing species richness are represented by the red and blue shaded area, respectively.