Why are there so many species in the tropics?

Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Linguistic Diversity

(2013) Michael C. Gavin et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation

(2013) C. M. Moore et al.   Nature Geoscience

Enemies Maintain Hyperdiverse Tropical Forests

(2012) John Terborgh   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Genetic diversity within vertebrate species is greater at lower latitudes

(2012) Rachel I. Adams et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Life on a tropical planet: niche conservatism and the global diversity gradient

(2012) Tom S. Romdal et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Temperature dependence of evolutionary diversification: differences between two contrasting model taxa support the metabolic theory of ecology

(2012) A. Machac et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Conspecific Negative Density Dependence and Forest Diversity

(2012) D. J. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Thermal tolerance and the global redistribution of animals

(2012) Jennifer M. Sunday et al.   Nature Climate Change

Human macroecology: linking pattern and process in big-picture human ecology

(2011) William R. Burnside et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Modeling Forest Self-assembly Dynamics Using Allometric and Physical First Principles

(2011) Sean T. Hammond et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Ice age climate, evolutionary constraints and diversity patterns of European dung beetles

(2011) Joaquín Hortal et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperature dependence of the functional response

(2011) Göran Englund et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phylogeography and climatic niche evolution in live oaks (Quercus series Virentes) from the tropics to the temperate zone

(2011) Jeannine Cavender-Bares et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Different evolutionary histories underlie congruent species richness gradients of birds and mammals

(2011) Bradford A. Hawkins et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY IN STABLE AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENTS: A TEST OF THE NEUTRAL BIODIVERSITY THEORY

(2011) SEAN T. HAMMOND et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Systematic variation in the temperature dependence of physiological and ecological traits

(2011) A. I. Dell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Disentangling the Drivers of   Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

(2011) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

(2010) John J. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Thermal energy and the rate of genetic evolution in marine fishes

(2010) Shane D. Wright et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Distance-responsive natural enemies strongly influence seedling establishment patterns of multiple species in an Amazonian rain forest

(2010) Varun Swamy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Faster evolution of highly conserved DNA in tropical plants

(2010) L. N. GILLMAN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

(2010) Derek P. Tittensor et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary diversification, coevolution between populations and their antagonists, and the filling of niche space

(2010) R. E. Ricklefs   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global analysis of thermal tolerance and latitude in ectotherms

(2010) J. M. Sunday et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals

(2010) L. B. Buckley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Asymmetric Density Dependence Shapes Species Abundances in a Tropical Tree Community

(2010) L. S. Comita et al.   SCIENCE

Emergent properties of plants competing in silico for space and light: Seeing the tree from the forest

(2009) Sean T. Hammond et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Is There a Latitudinal Gradient in the Importance of Biotic Interactions?

(2009) Douglas W. Schemske et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be ‘higher’ in the tropics

(2009) Christy M. McCain   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperature dependence, spatial scale, and tree species diversity in eastern Asia and North America

(2009) Z. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A macroevolutionary perspective on species range limits

(2009) K. Roy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MAXIMUM ENTROPY AND THE STATE-VARIABLE APPROACH TO MACROECOLOGY

(2008) J. Harte et al.   ECOLOGY

The latitudinal gradient of beta diversity in relation to climate and topography for mammals in North America

(2008) Hong Qian et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A phylogenetic perspective on the distribution of plant diversity

(2008) M. J. Donoghue   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Latitudinal gradients and geographic ranges of exotic species: implications for biogeography

(2003) D.F. Sax   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY