Pontarp, Mikael and Bunnefeld, Lynsey and Cabral, Juliano Sarmento and Etienne, Rampal S. and Fritz, Susanne A. and Gillespie, Rosemary and Graham, Catherine H. and Hagen, Oskar and Hartig, Florian and Huang, Shan and Jansson, Roland and Maliet, Odile and Munkemuller, Tamara and Pellissier, Loic and Rangel, Thiago F. and Storch, David and Wiegand, Thorsten and Hurlbert, Allen H. (2019) The Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Novel Understanding through Mechanistic Eco-evolutionary Models. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 34 (3). pp. 211-223. ISSN 0169-5347, 1872-8383
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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 for this are the verbal nature of existing hypotheses, the failure to mechanistically link interacting ecological and evolutionary processes to the LDG, and the fact that empirical patterns are often consistent with multiple explanations. To address this issue, we synthesize current LDG hypotheses, uncovering their eco-evolutionary mechanisms, hidden assumptions, and commonalities. Furthermore, we propose mechanistic eco-evolutionary modeling and an inferential approach that makes use of geographic, phylogenetic, and trait-based patterns to assess the relative importance of different processes for generating the LDG.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL-INFERENCE; DIVERSIFICATION RATES; NICHE CONSERVATISM; MOUNTAIN PASSES; GLOBAL PATTERNS; BIODIVERSITY; SPECIATION; ECOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Group Theoretical Ecology (Prof. Dr. Florian Hartig) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2020 06:55 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2020 06:55 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27485 |
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