The latitudinal species richness gradient in New World woody angiosperms is consistent with the tropical conservatism hypothesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 8125-8130

  Kerkhoff, Andrew J ^a   Moriarty, Pamela E ^a,b   Weiser, Michael D ^c  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Environmental niche; Evolutionary speed; Out of the tropics; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL CONSERVATISM HYPOTHESIS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE; EVOLUTIONARY SPEED; OUT OF THE TROPICS; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84901818420     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308932111     Document Type: Article

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