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Aarhus University

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This image shows average species richness change (in species numbers) on mountain summits over time (lower part of panels) compared to mean annual temperature over time (upper part of panels). Nobs indicates the number of summits/surveys within the mountain region providing data for the respective panel. ΔTcor indicates the correlation between rate of change in species richness and rate of change in temperature.

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Manuel Steinbauer/Nature

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