The living heart: Climate gradients predict desert mountain endemism
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Mountain regions are centers of biodiversity endemism at a global scale but the role of arid‐zone mountain ranges in shaping biodiversity patterns is poorly understood.
Peter J. McDonald +4 more
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Endemism Patterns of Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Studies on endemism are always of high interest in biogeography and contribute to better understanding of the evolution of species and making conservation plans.
Zhengxue Zhao +11 more
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Predictors of plant endemism in two west African forest hotspots [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Centres of endemism have been much studied by biogeographers, ecologists, and evolutionary theorists, and are considered conservation priorities. It is therefore important to understand the ecological traits of restricted range taxa, and the landscape ...
Cicely A. M. Marshall +7 more
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Delimiting areas of endemism through kernel interpolation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 We propose a new approach for identification of areas of endemism, the Geographical Interpolation of Endemism (GIE), based on kernel spatial interpolation. This method differs from others in being independent of grid cells.
Ubirajara Oliveira +2 more
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Range-weighted branch length difference (RWiBaLD), a new method for distinguishing meso-endemism from neo-endemism and paleo-endemism. [PDF]
PLoS ONEOur goal is to enhance understanding of phylogenetic endemism (PE), which is studied using a range-weighted phylogenetic tree. We present a new method called Range Weighted Branch Length Difference (RWiBaLD), which is based on the difference between the ...
Brent D Mishler +4 more
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Endemism and Conservation of Hemiptera on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau is essential for the maintenance of global biodiversity. Exploring the drivers of species diversity and the conservation status of species in this region contributes significantly to elucidating the mechanisms underlying ...
Zhengxue Zhao +3 more
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Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages
Plant DiversityExploring the worldwide patterns of endemism and the processes that lead to the formation of high-endemism centers is crucial in biogeography. This study examines the geographic distribution and ecological influences on the endemism of liverworts across ...
Hong Qian, Shenhua Qian
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Global patterns and ecological drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in angiosperm genera
Plant DiversityEndemism of lineages lies at the core of understanding variation in community composition among geographic regions because it reflects how speciation, extinction, and dispersal have influenced current distributions.
Brent Mishler, Hong Qian
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Global increase in the endemism of birds from north to south [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsEndemism is a highly valuable metric for conservation because it identifies areas with irreplaceable species, ecological functions, or evolutionary lineages.
D. Matthias Dehling, Steven L. Chown
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Endemism patterns are scale dependent [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Endemism is an important metric for conservation, but it may be sensitive to the measurement approach. Here Daru et al analyze global datasets of birds and amphibians and show that both weighted and phylogenetic endemism are scale dependent, across grain
Barnabas H. Daru +3 more
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