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Latitudinal gradient in Gnomeskelus species richness [PDF]

Arthropods, 2020
The Tropical Conservativism Hypothesis suggests processes of speciation, extinction and dispersal resulted in higher species richness at the tropics and declined away from the equator. Biogeographical Conservativism Hypothesis suggests that the processes
Mark Cooper
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The Importance of Including Soil Properties When Disentangling the Drivers of Species Richness: The Case of the Alpine Genus Saxifraga L. in China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Despite the numerous studies on the large-scale patterns of species richness, the spatial variation and determinants of species richness for the alpine plants are still an outstanding question and critical to future biodiversity conservation.
Lian Liu, Ying Xu, Yigong Tang, Weihua Du, Chen Shao, Jianyong Wu, Lina Zhao, Lei Zhang, Jianquan Liu, Xiaoting Xu   +9 more
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The effect of elevation on species richness in tropical forests depends on the considered lifeform: results from an East African mountain forest [PDF]

, 2019
Elevation gradients in tropical forests have been studied but the analysis of patterns displayed by species richness and elevation have received little attention.
Amani, Christian, Cirimwani, Legrand, Doumenge, Charles, Kahindo, Jean-Marie   +3 more
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Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

Science, 2018
Tree diversity improves forest productivity Experimental studies in grasslands have shown that the loss of species has negative consequences for ecosystem functioning. Is the same true for forests? Huang et al.
Yuanyuan Huang, Yuxin Chen, Nadia Castro-Izaguirre, Martin Baruffol, Matteo Brezzi, Anne Lang, Ying Li, W. Härdtle, G. von Oheimb, Xuefei Yang, Xiaojuan Liu, Ke-quan Pei, S. Both, Bo Yang, D. Eichenberg, T. Assmann, J. Bauhus, T. Behrens, F. Buscot, Xiao‐Yong Chen, D. Chesters, B. Ding, W. Durka, Alexandra Erfmeier, Jingyun Fang, M. Fischer, Liang-Dong Guo, Dali Guo, J. Gutknecht, Jin-Sheng He, Chun-Ling He, A. Hector, Lydia Hönig, Renyong Hu, A. Klein, P. Kühn, Yu Liang, Shan Li, S. Michalski, M. Scherer‐Lorenzen, K. Schmidt, T. Scholten, Andreas Schuldt, Xuezheng Shi, Man-zhi Tan, Zhiyao Tang, Stefan Trogisch, Zhengwen Wang, E. Welk, C. Wirth, T. Wubet, W. Xiang, Mingjian Yu, Xiao-dong Yu, Jiayong Zhang, Shouren Zhang, Naili Zhang, Hongzhang Zhou, Chaodong Zhu, Li Zhu, H. Bruelheide, K. Ma, P. Niklaus, B. Schmid   +63 more
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Latitudinal biodiversity gradients at three levels: Linking species richness, population richness and genetic diversity

, 2020
MOTIVATION: Theory describing biodiversity gradients has focused on species richness with less conceptual synthesis outlining expectations for intraspecific diversity gradients, that is, broad‐scale population richness and genetic diversity. Consequently,
Elizabeth R. Lawrence, D. Fraser
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The enigma of soil animal species diversity revisited: the role of small-scale heterogeneity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
"The enigma of soil animal species diversity" was the title of a popular article by J. M. Anderson published in 1975. In that paper, Anderson provided insights on the great richness of species found in soils, but emphasized that the mechanisms ...
Uffe N Nielsen, Graham H R Osler, Colin D Campbell, Roy Neilson, David F R P Burslem, René van der Wal   +5 more
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Species richness and turnover patterns for tropical and temperate plants on the elevation gradient of the eastern Himalayan Mountains

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Understanding species’ elevational distributions in mountain ecosystems is needed under climate change, but remote biodiverse mountain areas may be poorly documented. National Forest Inventories (NFIs) offer a potential source of data.
James H. Thorne, Hyeyeong Choe, Lobzang Dorji, Kezang Yangden, Dorji Wangdi, Younten Phuntsho, Karen Beardsley   +6 more
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Evaluating Multiple Arthropod Taxa as Indicators of Invertebrate Diversity in Old Fields [PDF]

, 2018
Biodiversity, often quantified by species richness, is commonly used to evaluate and monitor the health of ecosystems and as a tool for conservation planning. The use of one or more focal taxa as surrogates or indicators of larger taxonomic diversity can
Brayshaw, Alyssa C, Fraser, Ann M, Hyman, David A, Johnson, Michael R, Morrison, William R, III, Waller, Joseph T   +5 more
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Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis

Global Change Biology, 2019
Most current research on land‐use intensification addresses its potential to either threaten biodiversity or to boost agricultural production. However, little is known about the simultaneous effects of intensification on biodiversity and yield.
Michael Beckmann, Katharina Gerstner, M. Akin‐Fajiye, Silvia Ceaușu, S. Kambach, N. Kinlock, Helen R. P. Phillips, W. Verhagen, J. Gurevitch, S. Klotz, T. Newbold, P. Verburg, M. Winter, R. Seppelt   +13 more
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Recovery of plant species richness during long-term fertilization of a species-rich grassland [PDF]

Ecology, 2011
Nutrient enrichment of habitats (eutrophication) is considered to be one of the main causes of plant diversity decline worldwide. Several experiments have shown a rapid loss of species in the first years after fertilization started. However, little is known about changes in species richness in the long term.
Pierik, M., van Ruijven, J., Bezemer, T.M., Geerts, R.H.E.M., Berendse, F.   +4 more
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