| Literature DB >> 28196688 |
Catherine Badgley1, Tara M Smiley2, Rebecca Terry3, Edward B Davis4, Larisa R G DeSantis5, David L Fox6, Samantha S B Hopkins4, Tereza Jezkova7, Marjorie D Matocq8, Nick Matzke9, Jenny L McGuire10, Andreas Mulch11, Brett R Riddle12, V Louise Roth13, Joshua X Samuels14, Caroline A E Strömberg15, Brian J Yanites16.
Abstract
Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic time, topographic diversity gradients wax and wane over millions of years, tracking tectonic or climatic history. Topographic diversity gradients from the present day and the past can result from the generation of species by vicariance or from the accumulation of species from dispersal into a region with strong environmental gradients. Biological and geological approaches must be integrated to test alternative models of diversification along topographic gradients. Reciprocal illumination among phylogenetic, phylogeographic, ecological, paleontological, tectonic, and climatic perspectives is an emerging frontier of biogeographic research.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28196688 PMCID： PMC5895180 DOI： 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Ecol Evol ISSN： 0169-5347 Impact factor: 17.712