Speciation gradients and the distribution of biodiversity

Asymmetric geographic range expansion explains the latitudinal diversity gradients of four major taxa of marine plankton

(2017) Matthew G. Powell et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Is It Time for Synthetic Biodiversity Conservation?

(2017) Antoinette J. Piaggio et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

(2017) Joana I. Meier et al.   Nature Communications

Speciation, Ecological Opportunity, and Latitude

(2016) Dolph Schluter   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity

(2016) Andrew Gonzalez et al.   ECOLOGY

Extinction as a driver of avian latitudinal diversity gradients

(2016) Paola Pulido-Santacruz et al.   EVOLUTION

Critically evaluating the theory and performance of Bayesian analysis of macroevolutionary mixtures

(2016) Brian R. Moore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urbanization drives the evolution of parallel clines in plant populations

(2016) Ken A. Thompson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Anthropocene map of genetic diversity

(2016) A. Miraldo et al.   SCIENCE

Energetic Constraints on Species Coexistence in Birds

(2016) Alexander L. Pigot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Species Richness at Continental Scales Is Dominated by Ecological Limits

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Species Diversity Is Dynamic and Unbounded at Local and Continental Scales

(2015) Luke J. Harmon et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Relative roles of ecological and energetic constraints, diversification rates and region history on global species richness gradients

(2015) Jonathan Belmaker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ubiquity of alpine plant radiations: from the Andes to the Hengduan Mountains

(2015) Colin E. Hughes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Minimal effects of latitude on present-day speciation rates in New World birds

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Rapid acceleration of plant speciation during the Anthropocene

(2015) Chris D. Thomas   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Eco-evolutionary dynamics in an urbanizing planet

(2015) Marina Alberti   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic approaches for studying diversification

(2014) Hélène Morlon   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Cichlid species-area relationships are shaped by adaptive radiations that scale with area

(2014) Catherine E. Wagner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds

(2014) Trevor D. Price et al.   NATURE

Three explanations for biodiversity hotspots: small range size, geographical overlap and time for species accumulation. An Australian case study

(2014) Lyn G. Cook et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

(2014) M. Dornelas et al.   SCIENCE

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

TROPICS ACCELERATE THE EVOLUTION OF HYBRID MALE STERILITY INDROSOPHILA

(2013) Roman Yukilevich   EVOLUTION

Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds

(2013) Carlos A. Botero et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Metabolic Rate and Climatic Fluctuations Shape Continental Wide Pattern of Genetic Divergence and Biodiversity in Fishes

(2013) Julien April et al.   PLoS One

Macroevolutionary speciation rates are decoupled from the evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in Drosophila and birds

(2013) D. L. Rabosky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

(2013) M. Vellend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is regional species diversity bounded or unbounded?

(2012) Howard V. Cornell   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Goldilocks Meets Santa Rosalia: An Ephemeral Speciation Model Explains Patterns of Diversification Across Time Scales

(2012) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Genetic diversity within vertebrate species is greater at lower latitudes

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

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

(2012) Catherine E. Wagner et al.   NATURE

Global Gradients in Vertebrate Diversity Predicted by Historical Area-Productivity Dynamics and Contemporary Environment

(2012) Walter Jetz et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Limits to Speciation Inferred from Times to Secondary Sympatry and Ages of Hybridizing Species along a Latitudinal Gradient

(2011) Jason T. Weir et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

A unified model of island biogeography sheds light on the zone of radiation

(2011) James Rosindell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Are rates of molecular evolution in mammals substantially accelerated in warmer environments?

(2011) J. T. Weir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogenetic Inference of Reciprocal Effects between Geographic Range Evolution and Diversification

(2011) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Transgene introgression in crop relatives: molecular evidence and mitigation strategies

(2011) Charles Kwit et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Speciation Has a Spatial Scale That Depends on Levels of Gene Flow

(2010) Yael Kisel et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Protracted speciation revitalizes the neutral theory of biodiversity

(2010) James Rosindell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Equilibrium speciation dynamics in a model adaptive radiation of island lizards

(2010) D. L. Rabosky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length

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

EXTINCTION RATES SHOULD NOT BE ESTIMATED FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES

(2009) Daniel L. Rabosky   EVOLUTION

Adaptation and diversification on islands

(2009) Jonathan B. Losos et al.   NATURE

Genetics and ecological speciation

(2009) D. Schluter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Latitude, elevation and the tempo of molecular evolution in mammals

(2009) L. N. Gillman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for Ecological Speciation and Its Alternative

(2009) D. Schluter   SCIENCE

Population divergence in plant species reflects latitudinal biodiversity gradients

(2008) S. H. Eo et al.   Biology Letters

Evolutionary species–area curves as revealed by single-island endemics: insights for the inter-provincial species–area relationship

(2008) Kostas A. Triantis et al.   ECOGRAPHY