Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/09:00010396

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

Original language description

Although many taxa show a latitudinal gradient in richness, the relationship between latitude and species richness is often asymmetrical between the northern and southern hemispheres. Here we examine the latitudinal pattern of species richness across 1003 local ant assemblages. We find latitudinal asymmetry, with southern hemisphere sites being more diverse than northern hemisphere sites. Most of this asymmetry could be explained statistically by differences in contemporary climate. Results further imply that also factors other than contemporary climate, as climate change history since the Eocene, contributed to the hemispherical asymmetry.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecology Letters

ISSN

1461-023X

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000264067600006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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