Pioneer naturalists such as Whewell, Lyell, Humboldt, Darwin and Wallace acknowledged
the interactions between ecological and evolutionary forces, as well as the roles of …

The numerous explanations for why Earth's biodiversity is concentrated at low latitudes fail
to explain variation in the strength and even direction of the gradient through deep time …

Understanding the origins of biodiversity has been an aspiration since the days of early
naturalists. The immense complexity of ecological, evolutionary, and spatial processes …

The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as
'Darwin's second abominable mystery'. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant …

Recent evidence has questioned whether the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient (LDG), whereby
species richness increases towards the Equator, results in higher rates of speciation in the …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) describes the pattern of increasing numbers of
species from the poles to the equator. Although recognized for over 200 years, the …

The evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), characterized by a peak in diversity
toward the tropics, has captured significant attention in evolutionary biology and ecology …

A pattern of increasing species richness from the poles to the equator is frequently observed
in many animal taxa. Ecological limits, determined by the abiotic conditions and biotic …

Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

Geographic turnover in community composition is created and maintained by eco-
evolutionary forces that limit the ranges of species. One such force may be antagonistic …