Global patterns of biodiversity are influenced by spatial and environmental variations in the
rate at which new species form. We relate variations in speciation rates to six key patterns of …

Emerging large-scale datasets coupled with statistical advances have provided new insights
into the processes that generate the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG). But many of these …

Understanding how biological and environmental factors interactively shape the global
distribution of plant and animal genetic diversity is fundamental to biodiversity conservation …

Known for centuries, the geographical pattern of increasing biodiversity from the poles to the
equator is one of the most pervasive features of life on Earth. A longstanding goal of …

Abstract The Thermal Adaptation Hypothesis posits that the warmer, aseasonal tropics
generates populations with higher and narrower thermal limits. It has largely been tested …

Motivation Theory describing biodiversity gradients has focused on species richness with
less conceptual synthesis outlining expectations for intraspecific diversity gradients, that is …

Biodiversity is comprised of genetic and phenotypic variation among individual organisms,
which might belong to the same species or to different species. Spatial patterns of …

Within protected areas, biodiversity loss is often a consequence of illegal resource use.
Understanding the patterns and extent of illegal activities is therefore essential for effective …

There are a few patterns in nature that are striking even to casual observers. These include
patterns of species richness associated with latitude, elevation, rainfall and area. Current …

Runs of homozygosity (ROHs) arise due the transmission from parents to offspring of
segments that are either identical by decent (IBD) or identical by state (IBS). The former is …