The most discussed global pattern of species diversity along the latitudinal gradient has now an evolutionary explanation: museum vs cradle hypothesis broken into pieces.

Latitudinal Diversity Gradient (IMAGE) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau. Caption. Today, plant and animal biodiversity across the globe tends to be highest at the equator ...

The high numbers of tree species experiencing density-dependent mortality in the tropics is sometimes hypothesized to explain the latitudinal gradient in species diversity 4,5,6.Our results ...

The modern-day latitudinal diversity gradient first started to emerge around 34 million years ago, as the Earth began to transition from a warmer to cooler climate. This gradient initially remained ...

The modern-day latitudinal diversity gradient first started to emerge around 34 million years ago, as the Earth began to transition from a warmer to cooler climate. This gradient initially remained ...

Size, Niches, and the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient. THE ISSUE. Species diversity generally increases in the tropics but testing theories that explain this phenomenon is challenging. Here we use body ...

But the latitudinal diversity gradient is not universal. There are some examples that buck the trend. Some animals, such as penguins, rely on the abundance of food in cold Antarctic waters.

Biodiversity on earth is greatest in the tropics with the number and variety of species gradually diminishing toward the poles. Understanding exactly what shapes this pattern, known as the latitudinal ...

Hannah B. Lloyd, Juan J. Cruz-Motta, Tim M. Glasby, Pat A. Hutchings, Paul E. Gribben, Unusual but consistent latitudinal patterns in macroalgal habitats and their invertebrate communities across two ...

Junichi Okuyama, Akemi Watabe, Shunichi Takuma, Kentaro Tanaka, Kotaro Shirai, Naoko Murakami-Sugihara, Mamiko Arita, Kento Fujita, Hideaki Nishizawa, Tomoko Narazaki, Yoshiya Yamashita, Kazunari ...