Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes

C Rahbek, MK Borregaard, A Antonelli, RK Colwell… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Mountain regions are unusually biodiverse, with rich aggregations of small-ranged species
that form centers of endemism. Mountains play an array of roles for Earth's biodiversity and …

Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

A Antonelli, WD Kissling, SGA Flantua… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Mountains are key features of the Earth's surface and host a substantial proportion of the
world's species. However, the links between the evolution and distribution of biodiversity …

Vulnerability of global biodiversity hotspots to climate change

BT Trew, IMD Maclean - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Motivation More than half of Earth's species are contained in a mere 1.4% of its land area,
but the climates of many of these biodiversity hotspots are projected to disappear as a …

Marine biodiversity, biogeography, deep-sea gradients, and conservation

MJ Costello, C Chaudhary - Current Biology, 2017‏ - cell.com
The oceans appear ideal for biodiversity—they have unlimited water, a large area, are well
connected, have less extreme temperatures than on land, and contain more phyla and …

Ecological variables for develo** a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

R Danovaro, E Fanelli, J Aguzzi, D Billett… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

The latitudinal diversity gradient: novel understanding through mechanistic eco-evolutionary models

M Pontarp, L Bunnefeld, JS Cabral, RS Etienne… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019‏ - cell.com
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most widely studied patterns in ecology,
yet no consensus has been reached about its underlying causes. We argue that the reasons …

Landscape dynamics and the Phanerozoic diversification of the biosphere

T Salles, L Husson, M Lorcery, B Hadler Boggiani - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The long-term diversification of the biosphere responds to changes in the physical
environment. Yet, over the continents, the nearly monotonic expansion of life started later in …

How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard …

D Esquerré, IG Brennan, RA Catullo, F Torres-Pérez… - …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Testing hypotheses on drivers of clade evolution and trait diversification provides insight into
many aspects of evolutionary biology. Often, studies investigate only intrinsic biological …

Escarpment evolution drives the diversification of the Madagascar flora

Y Liu, Y Wang, SD Willett, NE Zimmermann, L Pellissier - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
Madagascar exhibits high endemic biodiversity that has evolved with sustained and stable
rates of speciation over the past several tens of millions of years. The topography of …

Microbes as marine habitat formers and ecosystem engineers

R Danovaro, LA Levin, G Fanelli, L Scenna… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Despite their small individual size, marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes can form
large 3D structures and complex habitats. These habitats contribute to seafloor …