This gradient describes most fauna and flora, in both terrestrial and marine realms, in both hemispheres, and across a range of spatial scales [1–3] Some
In such a context, b-diversity is an estimate of the number of taxonomically distinctive communities or compartments along the gradient An increase in regional
Patterns of functional diversity across an extensive environmental gradient: vertebrate consumers, hidden treatments and latitudinal trends Ecology Letters 6,
Summary Hubbell's neutral theory of biodiversity is used to investigate the decline in species richness from the tropics to the poles
During the last two decades, the focus has been on species diversity along such gradients Already in 1995 Altitudinal gradients in biodiversity research:
A latitudinal gradient in biodiversity has existed since before the time of the dinosaurs, able consistency across space, scale, habitat and taxonomic
temperature across the intertropical belt allows isotropic dispersal there gradient Niche assembly models will also explain tropical biodiversity, but the
Changes in Collembola richness and diversity along a gradient of land-use intensity: A Landscape features governing biodiversity along the land-use gradient
Nonetheless, gradients in diversity exist on the continent in terrestrial and freshwater systems and are especially pronounced along the Antarctic Peninsula 6
V Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes The Species-Area Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity: The Search for the Primary Cause Oikos 65: 514- 527