Species Diversity--Scale Matters
SciencePublished 15 February 2002
Katherine J. Willis, Robert J. Whittaker
Citations599
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The marked gradient in species diversity between the equator and the poles suggests a simple environmental explanation for this phenomenon, but as Willis and Whittaker point out, the environmental variables driving species diversity are different depending on the size and time scale over which species diversity is measured.
Abstract
The marked gradient in species diversity between the equator (where it is highest) and the poles (where it is lowest) suggests a simple environmental explanation for this phenomenon. However, as Willis and Whittaker point out in their Perspective, the environmental variables driving species diversity are different depending on the size and time scale over which species diversity is measured.
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