The latitudinal taxonomy gradient

Montane species track rising temperatures better in the tropics than in the temperate zone

(2021) Benjamin G. Freeman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species

(2020) Niels K Krabbe et al.   AUK

Angiosperm speciation cools down in the tropics

(2020) Javier Igea et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds

(2020) Carlos Daniel Cadena et al.   AUK

Extant timetrees are consistent with a myriad of diversification histories

(2020) Stilianos Louca et al.   NATURE

The Dynamics of Bird Diversity in the New World

(2020) Antonin Machac   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Diversification of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

(2020) James S. Albert et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes

(2020) R Terry Chesser et al.   AUK

Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent

(2020) Jelmer Poelstra et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Central Role of Taxonomy in the Study of Neotropical Biodiversity

(2020) Laura P. Lagomarsino et al.   ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

Avian Diversity: Speciation, Macroevolution, and Ecological Function

(2020) Joseph A. Tobias et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Postzygotic isolation drives genomic speciation between highly cryptic Hypocnemis antbirds from Amazonia

(2020) Áurea A. Cronemberger et al.   EVOLUTION

Speciation and gene flow across an elevational gradient in New Guinea kingfishers

(2020) Ethan Linck et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot

(2020) Michael G. Harvey et al.   SCIENCE

A census-based estimate of Earth's bacterial and archaeal diversity

(2019) Stilianos Louca et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Cryptic diversity in Cyornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) jungle-flycatchers flagged by simple bioacoustic approaches

(2019) Chyi Yin Gwee et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Beyond Reproductive Isolation: Demographic Controls on the Speciation Process

(2019) Michael G. Harvey et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Sexual selection predicts the rate and direction of colour divergence in a large avian radiation

(2019) Christopher R. Cooney et al.   Nature Communications

The evolution of partial reproductive isolation as an adaptive optimum

(2019) Maria R. Servedio et al.   EVOLUTION

Hidden diversity of forest birds in Madagascar revealed using integrative taxonomy

(2018) Jane L. Younger et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomics and species delimitation of a complex radiation of Neotropical suboscine birds ( Pachyramphus )

(2018) Lukas J. Musher et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Species limits in the Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) complex

(2018) Benjamin M. Van Doren et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Genomic evidence of speciation reversal in ravens

(2018) Anna M. Kearns et al.   Nature Communications

An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

(2018) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   NATURE

Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains

(2018) Nicholas R. Polato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Taxonomy of the White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana) complex on mainland Asia and Taiwan: an integrative approach supports recognition of three instead of one species

(2018) Per Alström et al.   Avian Research

Evolution and plasticity: Divergence of song discrimination is faster in birds with innate song than in song learners in Neotropical passerine birds

(2017) Benjamin G. Freeman et al.   EVOLUTION

Speciation gradients and the distribution of biodiversity

(2017) Dolph Schluter et al.   NATURE

Speciation, Ecological Opportunity, and Latitude

(2016) Dolph Schluter   AMERICAN NATURALIST

How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter?

(2016) George F. Barrowclough et al.   PLoS One

The discovery of the Amazonian tree flora with an updated checklist of all known tree taxa

(2016) Hans ter Steege et al.   Scientific Reports

Inferring speciation history in the Andes with reduced-representation sequence data: an example in the bay-backed antpittas (Aves; Grallariidae; Grallaria hypoleuca s. l.)

(2015) Benjamin M. Winger et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Species taxonomy of birds: Which null hypothesis?

(2014) Frank B. Gill   AUK

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

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

Are reptile and amphibian species younger in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere?

(2011) S. DUBEY et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Quantitative criteria for species delimitation

(2010) JOSEPH A. TOBIAS et al.   IBIS

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

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

Population divergence in plant species reflects latitudinal biodiversity gradients

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

Extinction vulnerability of tropical montane endemism from warming and upslope displacement: a preliminary appraisal for the highest massif in Madagascar

(2008) CHRISTOPHER J. RAXWORTHY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Extinction Risk Escalates in the Tropics

(2008) Jana C. Vamosi et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

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

Comment on "The Latitudinal Gradient in Recent Speciation and Extinction Rates of Birds and Mammals"

(2008) Joseph A. Tobias et al.   SCIENCE