Exceptional endemicity of Aotearoa New Zealand biota shows how taxa dispersal traits, but not phylogeny, correlate with global species richness

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Dissecting the difference in tree species richness between Africa and South America

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Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude

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Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world

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Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics

(2021) Amy L. Freestone et al.   ECOLOGY

The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas

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Pelagic fish predation is stronger at temperate latitudes than near the equator

(2020) Marius Roesti et al.   Nature Communications

Stratifying ocean sampling globally and with depth to account for environmental variability

(2018) Mark John Costello et al.   Scientific Reports

Genotyping-by-sequencing supports a genetic basis for wing reduction in an alpine New Zealand stonefly

(2018) Andrew J. Veale et al.   Scientific Reports

Light traps for sampling marine biodiversity

(2017) Laura E. McLeod et al.   HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

Consumption pressure in coastal marine environments decreases with latitude and in artificial vs. natural habitats

(2017) JR Rodemann et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Ocean Based on Environmental Data

(2017) Roger Sayre et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Marine biogeographic realms and species endemicity

(2017) Mark J. Costello et al.   Nature Communications

Consumption pressure in coastal marine environments decreases with latitude and in artificial vs. natural habitats

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Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in global marine diversity

(2017) Graham J. Edgar et al.   Science Advances

Is the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea?

(2016) Angela T. Moles et al.   BIOTROPICA

Does wing size shape insect biogeography? Evidence from a diverse regional stonefly assemblage

(2016) Graham A. McCulloch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biological and ecological traits of marine species

(2015) Mark John Costello et al.   PeerJ

Factors influencing when species are first named and estimating global species richness

(2015) Mark J. Costello et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Global Coordination and Standardisation in Marine Biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and Related Databases

(2013) Mark J. Costello et al.   PLoS One

Response to Comments on "Can We Name Earth's Species Before They Go Extinct?"

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Systematic variation in the temperature dependence of physiological and ecological traits

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Predicting Total Global Species Richness Using Rates of Species Description and Estimates of Taxonomic Effort

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A Census of Marine Biodiversity Knowledge, Resources, and Future Challenges

(2010) Mark John Costello et al.   PLoS One

Marine Biodiversity of Aotearoa New Zealand

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A long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil record

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