Supplementary Information
Global variation in elevational diversity patterns
Qinfeng Guo1, Douglas A. Kelt2, Zhongyu Sun3, Hongxiao Liu3, Liangjun Hu4, Hai Ren3,
& Jun Wen5
1
USDA FS, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Asheville, NC
28804, USA, email: qguo@fs.fed.us
2
Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, One
Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA
3
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650,
China
4
MOE Key Lab for Vegetation Ecology Science, Northeast Normal University, 5268
Renmin St., Life Science Building, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
5
Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Planning, University of North Carolina,
Asheville, NC 28804, USA
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Fig. S1. The positions of diversity peaks in relation to the sampled elevational extent
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Fig. S2. Comparison of elevational diversity patterns (proportions) among the three
sampling procedures (Fishers’ exact test, X2 = 22.55, df = 10, P = 0.013): field transects
(type-A), specimens (type-B), regional floras/faunas (type-C), and mixed sources of data
(type-D). Note that the sampling type-B is not included in this comparison because of its
small number (n = 6).
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