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On the processes generating latitudinal richness gradients: identifying diagnostic patterns and predictions

2014-07-18

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Many processes have been put forward to explain the latitudinal gradient in species richness. Here, we use a simulation model to examine four of the most common hypotheses and identify patterns that might be diagnostic of those four hypotheses. The hypotheses examined include (1) tropical niche conservatism, or the idea that the tropics are more diverse because a tropical clade origin has allowed more time for div...

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DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.442v1

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