Mountains contribute disproportionately to the terrestrial biodiversity of Earth, especially in
the tropics, where they host hotspots of extraordinary and puzzling richness. With about 25 …

Motivation and aim Mapping the spatial distribution of biodiversity is critical for
understanding its fundamental drivers (eg speciation, environmental filtering) as well as for …

Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin,, but is
increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire,. Here we quantify these impacts over the …

A key feature of life's diversity is that some species are common but many more are rare.
Nonetheless, at global scales, we do not know what fraction of biodiversity consists of rare …

As Earth's climate has varied strongly through geological time, studying the impacts of past
climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change …

A full understanding of the origin and maintenance of β‐diversity patterns in a region
requires exploring the relationships of both taxonomic and phylogenetic β‐diversity (TBD …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) associations are critical for host-tree
performance. However, how mycorrhizal associations correlate with the latitudinal tree beta …

Abstract Beta (β)‐diversity, or site‐to‐site variation in species composition, generally
decreases with increasing latitude, and the underlying processes driving this pattern have …

Aim We mapped global patterns of tree phylogenetic endemism (PE) to identify hotspots and
test hypotheses about possible drivers. Specifically, we tested hypotheses related to current …

Globally, birds have been shown to respond to climate change by shifting their elevational
distributions. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in the tropics, where elevational …