Late Cenozoic evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient

Crame, J. Alistair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-9965. 2023 Late Cenozoic evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 50 (7). 1213-1220. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14620

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Abstract/Summary

The Late Cenozoic flourishing of polar marine ecosystems, just when temperatures were reaching their lowest levels, has always seemed anomalous. Such an observation is coupled with an increasing volume of molecular phylogenetic evidence to indicate that some polar taxa radiated at exceptionally high evolutionary rates. The canonical latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) may not be underpinned by a parallel gradient in evolutionary rates. This study provides a review of this critical question.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14620
ISSN:	0305-0270
Additional Keywords:	Cenozoic evolutionary rates, ecological opportunity, evolutionary radiations, fossil record, latitudinal diversity gradients, molecular phylogenetics, polar–tropical comparisons
Date made live:	24 Apr 2023 12:56 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533847

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