Franco Banfi / Ice formations, Lake Sassolo, Sambuco valley, Ticino, Switzerland

Duncan Murrell / Montane rainforest, Hienghene, New Caledonia.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red panda or Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the humid montane mixed forest, Laba He National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Tim Laman / Male Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) hitting his wings (stridulating) together over his back to attract mate, Endemic, Milpe Cloudforest Reserve, Ecuador, January.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / The forests of the Modi Khola river valley shrouded in fog. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Tim Laman / Rock outcrops among tree fern forest at 3300 m elevation. Jayawijaya Mountains, New Guinea. June 2010

Alex Hyde / Madagascar reed frog {Heterixalus madagascariensis} in front of waterfall, montane rainforest. Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Eastern Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Montane rainforest understorey along a stream with dominant Pandanus sp. Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Nick Garbutt / Male Giraffe-necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Montane rainforest, Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera). Yanacocha montane forest, Ecuador. May.

Alan Watson / Montane rainforest canopy and clouds at 1,200 metres, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Tim Laman / Rays of light passing though high montane rainforest on Pico Basile above 2000 m altitude, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008

Nick Garbutt / Montane horned frog (Megophrys kobayashii) in leaf litter. Slopes of Mt Kinabalu (around 1400m), Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia