Unravelling the drivers of marine biodiversity across the Phanerozoic.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the potential drivers of spatial-temporal patterns in biodiversity has been a central tenet in biogeography and palaeontology for decades. More than 30 hypotheses have been proposed, including null models and theories based on environmental controls, energy, area, speciation/extinction dynamics, time, habitat features, ecological niches and biotic interactions. Yet, no consensus has been reached, and question remains whether a primary cause explains temporal trends and spatial patterns in biodiversity such as the latitudinal biodiversity gradient. Here we combine a macroecological model with global climate simulations to show that the niche-environment interaction may explain changes in global marine biodiversity and associated large-scale spatial patterns during the Phaneroz

SUBMITTER: Balembois A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475154 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature