Latitudinal Gradients in Climatic Niche Evolution
Either tropical niche divergence or tropical niche conservatism could drive the latitudinal diversity gradient. Greater niche divergence in the tropics could accelerate reproductive isolation leading to more rapid species formation. Alternatively, latitudinal asymmetry in niche conservatism, whereby...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/44035 |