Where and at which scales does the latitudinal diversity gradient fail?

This study analyses the places and the scales at which the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) for vertebrate species holds or, conversely, fails. Although much empirical support for the LDG at a global scale exists, several marked departures have also been previously reported for some regions, scales and organisms. Here, we aim to test the generality of the LDG by accurately quantifying its variability among regions and scales using a novel analysing approach applied on environmental and species data.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2018-07-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13355
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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