Effect of productivity on community size explains the latitudinal diversity gradient of South American small mammals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Osmari Cerezer ◽  
Nilton C. Cáceres ◽  
Cristian S. Dambros
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
South American ◽  
Community Size ◽  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient

Exploring the origin of the latitudinal diversity gradient: Contrasting the sister fern generaPhegopterisandPseudophegopteris

2012 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a
Author(s):  
Harald SCHNEIDER ◽  
Li-Juan HE ◽  
Jeannine MARQUARDT ◽  
Li WANG ◽  
Jochen HEINRICHS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient

scholarly journals The Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Novel Understanding through Mechanistic Eco-evolutionary Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Pontarp ◽  
Lynsey Bunnefeld ◽  
Juliano Sarmento Cabral ◽  
Rampal S. Etienne ◽  
Susanne A. Fritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Models ◽  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient

The latitudinal diversity gradient of epiphytic lichens in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: does Rapoport's rule apply?

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Anjos de Menezes ◽  
Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres ◽  
Cid José Passos Bastos ◽  
Robert Lücking
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Epiphytic Lichens ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient ◽  
Rapoport’S Rule

Dispersal is a major driver of the latitudinal diversity gradient of Carnivora

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1059-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rolland ◽  
Fabien L. Condamine ◽  
Champak R. Beeravolu ◽  
Frédéric Jiguet ◽  
Hélène Morlon
Keyword(s):  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient

scholarly journals Global dung webs: high trophic generalism of dung beetles along the latitudinal diversity gradient

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Frank ◽  
Frank-Thorsten Krell ◽  
Eleanor M. Slade ◽  
Elizabeth H. Raine ◽  
Li Yuen Chiew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dung Beetles ◽  
Latitudinal Diversity Gradient ◽  
Diversity Gradient

Diversity, distribution and changes in communities of fleas on small mammals along the elevational gradient from the Pannonian Plain to the Carpathian Mountains

Parasitology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ivan Baláž ◽  
Michal Ševčík ◽  
Filip Tulis ◽  
Martina Zigová ◽  
Alexander Dudich
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Flea Species ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
Spatial Change ◽  
Diversity Gradient ◽  
Pannonian Plain ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Unimodal Pattern

Abstract The causal chain of parasite–host–environment interactions, the so-called ‘dual parasite environment’, makes studying parasites more complicated than other wild organisms. A sample of 65 282 fleas taken from 336 different locations were analysed for changes in the distribution, diversity and compensation of flea communities found on small mammals along an elevational diversity gradient ranging from the Pannonian Plain to the base of the Carpathian summits. The fleas were divided into four groups, which were derived from changes in abundance and occurrence determined from cluster analysis. They are (1) flea species whose range seems unrelated to any change in elevation; (2) species that avoid high altitudes; (3) a group that can be subdivided into two types: (i) host-specific fleas and (ii) mountains species and (4) species opting for high altitudes on the gradient or preferring lower to middle elevations below 1000 m. Our study showed a unimodal pattern of flea diversity along the elevational gradient. It indicated that seasonality significantly conditions changes in biodiversity and patterns of spatial change along the elevational gradient, with specific flea species influenced by their host, while the impact of environmental conditions is more pronounced in opportunistic flea species.

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