Explaining global variation in the latitudinal diversity gradient: Meta-analysis confirms known patterns and uncovers new ones

Spatio-temporal variation in the higher trophic level community structure of the western North Pacific pelagic ecosystem

(2015) Takehiro Okuda et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Worldwide patterns of fish biodiversity in estuaries: Effect of global vs. local factors

(2015) Stéphanie Pasquaud et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Spatio-temporal trends in diversity of demersal fish species in the Benguela current large marine ecosystem region

(2015) Dawit Yemane et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Do lichens show latitudinal patterns of diversity?

(2015) Emily A. Holt et al.   Fungal Ecology

Changes in fungal community of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) needles along a latitudinal gradient in Sweden

(2015) Hanna Millberg et al.   Fungal Ecology

Geographic patterns of diversification and the latitudinal gradient of richness of rocky intertidal gastropods: the ‘into the tropical museum’ hypothesis

(2015) Marcelo M. Rivadeneira et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The contribution of patch-scale conditions is greater than that of macroclimate in explaining local plant diversity in fragmented forests across Europe

(2015) Alicia Valdés et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fighting their last stand? A global analysis of the distribution and conservation status of gymnosperms

(2015) Yann Fragnière et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Do turtles follow the rules? Latitudinal gradients in species richness, body size, and geographic range area of the world's turtles

(2015) Kenneth D. Angielczyk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Latitudinal diversity patterns of diatoms in the Southwestern Atlantic and Antarctic waters

(2015) Héctor F. Olguín Salinas et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Patterns and Variation in Benthic Biodiversity in a Large Marine Ecosystem

(2015) Susan E. Piacenza et al.   PLoS One

Regional Variation in Parasite Species Richness and Abundance in the Introduced Range of the Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans

(2015) Andrew J. Sellers et al.   PLoS One

Limited scope for latitudinal extension of reef corals

(2015) P. R. Muir et al.   SCIENCE

glmulti: AnRPackage for Easy Automated Model Selection with (Generalized) Linear Models

(2015) Vincent Calcagno et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

Latitudinal concordance between biogeographic regionalization, community structure, and richness patterns: a study on the reptiles of China

(2015) Youhua Chen et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Ecological Diversity in South American Mammals: Their Geographical Distribution Shows Variable Associations with Phylogenetic Diversity and Does Not Follow the Latitudinal Richness Gradient

(2015) Paula Nilda Fergnani et al.   PLoS One

Drivers and Patterns of Ground-Dwelling Beetle Biodiversity across Northern Canada

(2015) Crystal M. Ernst et al.   PLoS One

Local and Regional Determinants of an Uncommon Functional Group in Freshwater Lakes and Ponds

(2015) Michael James McCann   PLoS One

Different Effects of Regional Species Pool on Plant Diversity between Forest and Grassland Biomes in Arid Northwest China

(2015) Liping Li et al.   PLoS One

Macroecological patterns of amphibian assemblages in the Western Palearctic: Implications for conservation

(2014) Daniel Escoriza et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Latitudinal Variation in Termite Species Richness and Abundance along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot

(2014) Eliana M. Cancello et al.   BIOTROPICA

Distribution and diversity of wheat aphid parasitoids (hymenoptera: braconidae: aphidiinae) in iran

(2014) Ehsan RAKHSHANI et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Environmental correlates of species richness of Sesiidae (Lepidoptera) in Europe

(2014) Marek BAKOWSKI et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Geographic variation in range size and beta diversity of groundwater crustaceans: insights from habitats with low thermal seasonality

(2014) Maja Zagmajster et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Productivity as related to diversity and age in planted versus natural forests

(2014) Qinfeng Guo et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Can we derive macroecological patterns from primary Global Biodiversity Information Facility data?

(2014) Emilio García-Roselló et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biogeographical variation in arthropod communities on coyote bush,Baccharis pilularis

(2014) Maria Noelia Barrios-Garcia et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Contrasting relationships between clade age and temperature along latitudinal versus elevational gradients for woody angiosperms in forests of South America

(2014) Hong Qian   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Testate Amoebae (Protozoa) Along Latitudinal and Trophic Gradients in China

(2014) Lihua Ju et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Rich and cold: diversity, distribution and drivers of fungal communities in patterned-ground ecosystems of the North American Arctic

(2014) I. Timling et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Odd man out: why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests?

(2014) Thomas L. P. Couvreur   PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION

Ecological and phylogenetic approaches for diversification of apogamous ferns in Japan

(2014) Takayuki Tanaka et al.   PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION

Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient

(2014) Rogério R. Silva et al.   PLoS One

Range-Wide Latitudinal and Elevational Temperature Gradients for the World's Terrestrial Birds: Implications under Global Climate Change

(2014) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   PLoS One

Concordant Biogeographic Patterns among Multiple Taxonomic Groups in the Mexican Freshwater Biota

(2014) Benjamín Quiroz-Martínez et al.   PLoS One

Unimodal Latitudinal Pattern of Land-Snail Species Richness across Northern Eurasian Lowlands

(2014) Michal Horsák et al.   PLoS One

Forest Structure in Low-Diversity Tropical Forests: A Study of Hawaiian Wet and Dry Forests

(2014) Rebecca Ostertag et al.   PLoS One

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

(2014) A. J. Kerkhoff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

(2014) Matthew L. Forister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Species richness and distribution patterns of echinoderms in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34-56°S)

(2014) Valeria Souto et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Spatial distribution of fifty ornamental fish species on coral reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

(2014) Maroof Khalaf et al.   ZooKeys

The effect of latitudinal gradient on the species diversity of Chinese litter-dwelling thrips

(2014) Jun Wang et al.   ZooKeys

Urbanization altered latitudinal patterns of bird diversity-environment relationships in the southern Neotropics

(2014) J. Filloy et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Diversity patterns of selected Andean plant groups correspond to topography and habitat dynamics, not orogeny

(2014) Jens Mutke et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

WHAT CAN MULTIPLE PHYLOGENIES SAY ABOUT THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT? A NEW LOOK AT THE TROPICAL CONSERVATISM, OUT OF THE TROPICS, AND DIVERSIFICATION RATE HYPOTHESES

(2013) Roland Jansson et al.   EVOLUTION

Variation in forest soil fungal diversity along a latitudinal gradient

(2013) Ling-Ling Shi et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Diversity patterns of leaf-associated aquatic hyphomycetes along a broad latitudinal gradient

(2013) Jérémy Jabiol et al.   Fungal Ecology

Global patterns in sandy beach macrofauna: Species richness, abundance, biomass and body size

(2013) Omar Defeo et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Are cities different? Patterns of species richness and beta diversity of urban bird communities and regional species assemblages in Europe

(2013) Michal Ferenc et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal diversity relationships of fiddler crabs: biogeographic differences united by temperature

(2013) Jeffrey Levinton et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mechanisms driving an unusual latitudinal diversity gradient for grasses

(2013) Vernon Visser et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mode of larval development as a key factor to explain contrasting effects of temperature on species richness across oceans

(2013) Paula Pappalardo et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ecological niche shifts of understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient of temperate forests in north-western Europe

(2013) Safaa Wasof et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal gradient and spatial covariance in species richness of tropical Lepidoptera in the Andes

(2013) Tomasz W. Pyrcz et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Why are there so many species in the tropics?

(2013) James H. Brown   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Beta Diversity of Demersal Fish Assemblages in the North-Eastern Pacific: Interactions of Latitude and Depth

(2013) Marti J. Anderson et al.   PLoS One

The Geography of Fear: A Latitudinal Gradient in Anti-Predator Escape Distances of Birds across Europe

(2013) Mario Díaz et al.   PLoS One

Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity

(2013) R. A. Pyron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An asymmetry in niche conservatism contributes to the latitudinal species diversity gradient in New World vertebrates

(2012) Brian Tilston Smith et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Peeking through a frosty window: molecular insights into the ecology of Arctic soil fungi

(2012) Ina Timling et al.   Fungal Ecology

Latitudinal phytoplankton distribution and the neutral theory of biodiversity

(2012) Guillem Chust et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The variation of tree beta diversity across a global network of forest plots

(2012) Miquel De Cáceres et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal changes in the diversity of freshwater gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in waterbodies of western Siberia

(2012) M. V. Vinarski et al.   Inland Water Biology

Patterns and controlling factors of species diversity in the Arctic Ocean

(2012) Moriaki Yasuhara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Large-scale faunal characterisation of marine benthic sedimentary habitats around the UK

(2012) Christopher R.S. Barrio Froján et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Distribution and richness of aquatic plants across Europe and Mediterranean countries: patterns, environmental driving factors and comparison with total plant richness

(2012) Eglantine Chappuis et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Patterns of diversity and abundance of fleas and mites in the Neotropics: host-related, parasite-related and environment-related factors

(2012) P. M. LINARDI et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Diversity and Distribution Patterns in High Southern Latitude Sponges

(2012) Rachel V. Downey et al.   PLoS One

Pole-to-pole biogeography of surface and deep marine bacterial communities

(2012) J.-F. Ghiglione et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Diversity of birds in eastern North America shifts north with global warming

(2012) Kenneth W. McDonald et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Patterns of species richness in relation to temperature, taxonomy and spatial scale in eastern China

(2011) Qiang Zhang et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity and distribution of small mammals in the South American Dry Andes

(2011) AGUSTINA NOVILLO et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Latitudinal patterns and regionalization of plant diversity along a 4270-km gradient in continental Chile

(2011) JAN R. BANNISTER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Country-based patterns of total species richness, endemicity, and threatened species richness in African rodents and insectivores

(2011) Giovanni Amori et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Trichomycete gut fungi from tropical regions of the world

(2011) Robert W. Lichtwardt   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Diversity and community composition of euglossine bee assemblages (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in western Amazonia

(2011) Stefan Abrahamczyk et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Spatial distributions of European Tenebrionidae point to multiple postglacial colonization trajectories

(2011) SIMONE FATTORINI et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A Southern Hemisphere Bathyal Fauna Is Distributed in Latitudinal Bands

(2011) Timothy D. O'Hara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Latitudinal mismatches between the components of mammal-flea interaction networks

(2011) François Guilhaumon et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna

(2011) David W. Thieltges et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal gradients in macroalgal biodiversity in the Southwest Atlantic between 36 and 55°S

(2011) María G. Liuzzi et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Steppe versus desert: multi-scale spatial patterns in diversity of ant communities in Iran

(2011) OMID PAKNIA et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of the endemic cacti from the Atacama desert to Mediterranean Chile

(2011) P.C. Guerrero et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Biogeographical patterns in limpet abundance and assemblage composition in New Zealand

(2011) N. Mieszkowska et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The legacy of the last cruise of the Carnegie: a lesson in the value of dusty old taxonomic monographs

(2011) John R. Dolan   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Aspects of Benthic Decapod Diversity and Distribution from Rocky Nearshore Habitat at Geographically Widely Dispersed Sites

(2011) Gerhard Pohle et al.   PLoS One

Global distribution and conservation of marine mammals

(2011) S. Pompa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The high fidelity of the cetacean stranding record: insights into measuring diversity by integrating taphonomy and macroecology

(2011) N. D. Pyenson   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The influence of phytoplankton productivity, temperature and environmental stability on the control of copepod diversity in the North East Atlantic

(2011) Enrique Nogueira et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Distribution of invasive plants in China in relation to geographical origin and life cycle

(2011) Q-Q HUANG et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Belowground carabid beetle diversity in the western Palaearctic – effects of history and climate on range-restricted taxa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

(2011) Andreas Schuldt et al.   ZooKeys

Abundance, diversity, and latitudinal gradients of southeastern Atlantic and Antarctic abyssal gastropods

(2010) M. Schrödl et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Effects of land use and environment on alien and native macrophytes: lessons from a large-scale survey of Australian rivers

(2010) Lauren D. Quinn et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Spatial variation in keystone effects: small mammal diversity associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies

(2010) Jack F. Cully et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities

(2010) Amy L. Freestone et al.   ECOLOGY

An inverse latitudinal gradient of diversity of peracarid crustaceans along the Pacific Coast of South America: out of the deep south

(2010) Marcelo M. Rivadeneira et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

(2010) Derek P. Tittensor et al.   NATURE

Quantifying Recent Ecological Changes in Remote Lakes of North America and Greenland Using Sediment Diatom Assemblages

(2010) William O. Hobbs et al.   PLoS One

A comparative study of fish community in four main estuaries of China southeastern coastal areas and their adjacent waters

(2010) Liangmin Huang et al.   Journal of Ocean University of China

Biogeography of Australian saltmarsh plants

(2009) NEIL SAINTILAN   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Geographic variations of seasonality and coexistence in communities: The role of diversity and climate

(2009) ANDRÉS CANAVERO et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Biogeography of the deep-sea galatheid squat lobsters of the Pacific Ocean

(2009) Enrique Macpherson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Distribution and community structure of euphausiids in the Southern Ocean along the 140°E meridian during the austral summer 2001/2002

(2009) Jun Nishikawa et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Deconstructing latitudinal species richness patterns in the ocean: does larval development hold the clue?

(2009) Miriam Fernández et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ambient, productive and wind energy, and ocean extent predict global species richness of procellariiform seabirds

(2009) Richard G. Davies et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal gradients in species richness in assemblages of sessile animals in rocky intertidal zone: mechanisms determining scale-dependent variability

(2009) Takehiro Okuda et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The Indochinese-Sundaic zoogeographic transition: a description and analysis of terrestrial mammal species distributions

(2009) David S. Woodruff et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Latitudinal gradients in species richness for South American Mytilidae and Ostreidae: can alternative hypotheses be evaluated by a correlative approach?

(2009) Alvar Carranza et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Diversity and distribution of cephalopod species off the coast of Chile

(2009) Christian M. Ibáñez et al.   Marine Biology Research

Bathymetric patterns of deep-sea gastropod species diversity in 10 basins of the Atlantic Ocean and Norwegian Sea

(2009) Carol T. Stuart et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Aphid biodiversity is positively correlated with human population in European countries

(2009) Marco Pautasso et al.   OECOLOGIA

Global latitudinal variations in marine copepod diversity and environmental factors

(2009) I. Rombouts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Geographic patterns in freshwater gammarid invasions: an analysis at the pan-European scale

(2008) Simon Devin et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Deep-sea benthic diversity linked to seasonality of pelagic productivity

(2008) B.H. Corliss et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Divergent biogeography of native and introduced soil macroinvertebrates in North America north of Mexico

(2008) Erik A. Lilleskov et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Temporal dynamics within a contemporary latitudinal diversity gradient

(2008) Jonathan A. D. Fisher et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global concordance in diversity patterns of vascular plants and terrestrial vertebrates

(2008) Hong Qian et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evolutionary constraints on regional faunas: whom, but not how many

(2008) Adam C. Algar et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The impact of climate-induced distributional changes on the validity of biological water quality metrics

(2008) Christopher Hassall et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

The relative influence of geographic location and reach-scale habitat on benthic invertebrate assemblages in six ecoregions

(2008) Mark D. Munn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Patterns of density, diversity, and the distribution of migratory strategies in the Russian boreal forest avifauna

(2008) Russell Greenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ants and people: a test of two mechanisms potentially responsible for the large-scale human population-biodiversity correlation for Formicidae in Europe

(2008) Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis

(2008) Richard Field et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Different Planctomycetes diversity patterns in latitudinal surface seawater of the open sea and in sediment

(2008) Qinglong Shu et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Fish diversity patterns in the Mediterranean Sea: deviations from a mid-domain model

(2008) F Ben Rais Lasram et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Features of the distribution of the taxonomic diversity of bivalve fauna in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean

(2008) A. I. Kafanov   OCEANOLOGY

Grass (Poaceae) richness patterns across China’s nature reserves

(2008) Qing Liu et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean

(2008) Catherine L. Waller   POLAR BIOLOGY

A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria

(2008) J. A. Fuhrman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Species-genus ratios reflect a global history of diversification and range expansion in marine bivalves

(2008) A. Z Krug et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Wetlands of the Pacific Island region

(2008) Joanna C. Ellison   WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT