The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversity.

ABSTRACT: Climate's effect on global biodiversity is typically viewed through the lens of temperature, humidity and resulting ecosystem productivity^1-6. However, it is not known whether biodiversity depends solely on these climate conditions, or whether the size and fragmentation of these climates are also crucial. Here we shift the common perspective in global biodiversity studies, transitioning from geographic space to a climate-defined multidimensional space. Our findings suggest that larger and more isolated climate conditions tend to harbour higher diversity and species turnover among terrestrial tetrapods, encompassing more than 30,000 species. By considering both the characteristics of climate itself and its geographic attributes, we can explain almost 90% of the variation in globa

SUBMITTER: Coelho MTP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10584679 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature