Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change

WB Xu, WY Guo, JM Serra-Diaz, F Schrodt… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As Earth's climate has varied strongly through geological time, studying the impacts of past
climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change …

A biome-dependent distribution gradient of tree species range edges is strongly dictated by climate spatial heterogeneity

D Lerner, MF Martínez, S Livne-Luzon, J Belmaker… - Nature plants, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the causes of the arrest of species distributions has been a fundamental
question in ecology and evolution. These questions are of particular interest for trees owing …

Patterns of reef fish taxonomic and functional diversity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

A Dubuc, JP Quimbayo, JJ Alvarado, T Araya‐Arce… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A core challenge in ecology is identifying the factors that determine species distribution and
functional diversity of species assemblages. Reef fish are the most diverse group of …

No Sign of Homogenisation in Reef Fish Communities Across an Ecological Transition Zone Exposed to Warming

FC Silva, JP Quimbayo… - Diversity and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Marine organisms are responding to warming by altering their distribution ranges,
causing biogeographic range shifts and in some cases, favouring the community …

Foundation species canopies affect understory beta diversity differently depending on species mobility

AM Catalán, DN López, E Fica‐Rojas, BR Broitman… - 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Beta diversity measures the spatial variation in species composition. Because it influences
several community attributes, studies are increasingly investigating its drivers. Spatial …

A trait‐based approach to marine island biogeography

DS Ferrari, SR Floeter, F Leprieur… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Island Biogeography Theory (IBT) and its multiple extensions explain
species diversity patterns in insular systems. However, how these theories can predict the …

Complex phylogenetic origin and geographic isolation drive reef fishes response to environmental variability in oceanic islands of the southwestern Atlantic

LMJ Gomes, GS Garcia, CAMM Cordeiro… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abiotic and biotic factors are known drivers that modulate community assembly from a
regional species pool. Recent evidence has highlighted the intrinsic role of phylogenetic …

Neutral processes and taxonomic scale drive beta species‐genetic diversity correlations in a submesophotic tropical reef fish

M Vilcot, N Faure, KR Andrews, BW Bowen… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
If similar evolutionary forces maintain intra‐and interspecific diversity, patterns of diversity at
both levels of biological organization can be expected to covary across space. Although this …

Functional biogeography of coastal marine invertebrates along the south‐eastern Pacific coast reveals latitudinally divergent drivers of taxonomic versus functional …

DL Herrera, SA Navarrete, FA Labra, SP Castillo… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Characterizing the spatial structure of taxonomic and functional diversity (FD) of marine
organisms across regional and latitudinal scales is essential for improving our …

Species diversity and distribution of genus Pampus (Pelagiaria: Stromateidae) based on global mitochondrial data

J Wei, R Wu, LA Jawad, Y **ao, KH Loh… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Due to the highly similar external morphology of the Pampus species, misidentifications
frequently occur and hinder the understanding of the taxonomy and species distributions of …