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The role of climatic tolerances and seed traits in reduced extinction rates of temperate polygonaceae.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2014
Kostikova Anna, Salamin Nicolas, Pearman Peter B
Abstract excerpt
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most striking and consistent biodiversity patterns across taxonomic groups. We investigate the species richness gradient in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, which exhibits a reverse LDG and is, thus, decoupled from dominant gradients of energy and environmental stability that increase toward the tropics and confound mechanistic interpretations. We test...
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