A Systematic Review of Global Drivers of Ant Elevational Diversity.

ABSTRACT: Ant diversity shows a variety of patterns across elevational gradients, though the patterns and drivers have not been evaluated comprehensively. In this systematic review and reanalysis, we use published data on ant elevational diversity to detail the observed patterns and to test the predictions and interactions of four major diversity hypotheses: thermal energy, the mid-domain effect, area, and the elevational climate model. Of sixty-seven published datasets from the literature, only those with standardized, comprehensive sampling were used. Datasets included both local and regional ant diversity and spanned 80° in latitude across six biogeographical provinces. We used a combination of simulations, linear regressions, and non-parametric statistics to test multiple quantitative prediction

SUBMITTER: Szewczyk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4866765 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature