A large body of research shows that biodiversity loss can reduce ecosystem functioning.
However, much of the evidence for this relationship is drawn from biodiversity–ecosystem …

Darwin proposed two seemingly contradictory hypotheses regarding factors influencing the
outcome of biological invasions. He initially posited that nonnative species closely related to …

Ecologists and biogeographers usually rely on a single phylogenetic tree to study
evolutionary processes that affect macroecological patterns. This approach ignores the fact …

Global patterns of species and evolutionary diversity in plants are primarily determined by a
temperature gradient, but precipitation gradients may be more important within the tropics …

Aim Contemporary environmental, historical and evolutionary factors are increasingly used
to decipher the drivers of spatial patterns of species richness. Evidence of such correlations …

Aim We examined how contrasted climatic conditions influenced the ecological and
phylogenetic diversity of tropical trees at the regional scale. Beyond the basic expectation of …

Phylogenies summarize evolutionary information that is essential in the investigation of
ecological and evolutionary causes of diversity patterns. They allow investigating …

Aim Geographical gradients of vertebrate species richness are determined jointly by
evolutionary and environmental factors. Support for these factors comes mostly from …

Abstract Aim Bergmann's and Rapoport's rules are two ecogeographical patterns that predict
an increase in species body size and range size, respectively, with increasing latitudes …

Trees play a key role in the structure and function of many ecosystems worldwide. In the
Mediterranean Basin, forests cover approximately 22% of the total land area hosting a large …