TY - JOUR
T1 - Biodiversity and Topographic Complexity
T2 - Modern and Geohistorical Perspectives
AU - Badgley, Catherine
AU - Smiley, Tara M.
AU - Terry, Rebecca
AU - Davis, Edward B.
AU - DeSantis, Larisa R.G.
AU - Fox, David L.
AU - Hopkins, Samantha S.B.
AU - Jezkova, Tereza
AU - Matocq, Marjorie D.
AU - Matzke, Nick
AU - McGuire, Jenny L.
AU - Mulch, Andreas
AU - Riddle, Brett R.
AU - Roth, V. Louise
AU - Samuels, Joshua X.
AU - Strömberg, Caroline A.E.
AU - Yanites, Brian J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic time, topographic diversity gradients wax and wane over millions of years, tracking tectonic or climatic history. Topographic diversity gradients from the present day and the past can result from the generation of species by vicariance or from the accumulation of species from dispersal into a region with strong environmental gradients. Biological and geological approaches must be integrated to test alternative models of diversification along topographic gradients. Reciprocal illumination among phylogenetic, phylogeographic, ecological, paleontological, tectonic, and climatic perspectives is an emerging frontier of biogeographic research.
AB - Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic time, topographic diversity gradients wax and wane over millions of years, tracking tectonic or climatic history. Topographic diversity gradients from the present day and the past can result from the generation of species by vicariance or from the accumulation of species from dispersal into a region with strong environmental gradients. Biological and geological approaches must be integrated to test alternative models of diversification along topographic gradients. Reciprocal illumination among phylogenetic, phylogeographic, ecological, paleontological, tectonic, and climatic perspectives is an emerging frontier of biogeographic research.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.010
M3 - Review article
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 32
SP - 211
EP - 226
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 3
ER -