Table 2 Description of the major regions and specific mountain ranges in the Americas that are included in the dataset.
From: GABB: A global dataset of alpine breeding birds and their ecological traits
Mountain region | Description |
|---|---|
North America | |
Northwestern ranges | Northern British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Alaska up to the Brooks Range at ~68°N. Includes alpine-Arctic transitional tundra between 400 and 1,000 m above sea level |
Western ranges | Rocky Mountains, Coast Mountain Range, Cascade Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. |
Eastern ranges | Acadian-Appalachian range and the Labrador highlands |
Mesoamerica | |
Mexico | Faja Volcánica Transmexicana (Trans-Mexican Volcanic belt) |
Central America | Isthmian Páramo in Costa Rica and Panama |
Tropical South America | |
Northern Andes | Páramo; tropical wet Andes; Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador (~9°N to 4°S) |
Central Andes | Puna and Polylepis patches; tropical dry Andes; Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwest Argentina (~4°S to 30°S) |
Temperate South America | |
Mediterranean Andes | ~30°S to 35°S; high Andes in Chile and Argentina |
Sierras de Córdoba | Four isolated ranges in Córdoba, Argentina (31.5°S) |
Southern Andes | ~35°S to 56°S; includes alpine tundra above 500 m in the far south of Chile and Argentina |
