Browsing Biological Sciences by Subject "macroecology"
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Amphibian Speciation Rates Support a General Role of Mountains as Biodiversity Pumps
(2022-09-20)
Continental mountain areas cover <15% of global land surface, yet these regions concentrate >80% of global terrestrial diversity. One prominent hypothesis to explain this pattern proposes that high mountain diversities ...
A test of reproductive power in snakes
(2022-12-06)
Reproductive power is a contentious concept among ecologists, and the model has been criticized on theoretical and empirical grounds. Despite these criticisms, the model has successfully predicted the modal (optimal) size ...