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 period following the end-Permian mass extinction was one of recovery. A recent study found a latitudinal diversity gradient in the oceans similar to today's was present for much of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...