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

Dunn, R. R.; Agosti, D.; Andersen, A. N.; Arnan, X.; Bruhl, C. A.; Cerdá, X.; Ellison, A. M.; Fisher, B. L.; Fitzpatrik, M. C.; Gibb, H.; Gotelli, N. J.; Gove, A. D.; Guenard, B.; Janda, Milan; Kaspari, M.; Laurent, E. J.; Lessard, J.-P.; Longino, J. T.; Majer, J. D.; Menke, S. B.; McGlynn, T. P.; Parr, C. L.; Philpott, S. M.; Pfeiffer, M.; Retana, J.; Suarez, A. V.; Vasconcelos, H.L.; Weiser, M. D.; Sanders, N. J.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01291.x

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

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SYSNO ASEP	0337194
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness
Title	Klimatická variabilita stojí za asimetrií globální diversity mravenců mezi severní a jižní polokoulí
Author(s)	Dunn, R. R. (US) Agosti, D. (CH) Andersen, A. N. (AU) Arnan, X. (AU) Bruhl, C. A. (DE) Cerdá, X. (ES) Ellison, A. M. (US) Fisher, B. L. (US) Fitzpatrik, M. C. (US) Gibb, H. (AU) Gotelli, N. J. (US) Gove, A. D. (US) Guenard, B. (US) Janda, Milan (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Kaspari, M. (US) Laurent, E. J. (US) Lessard, J.-P. (US) Longino, J. T. (US) Majer, J. D. (AU) Menke, S. B. (US) McGlynn, T. P. (US) Parr, C. L. (GB) Philpott, S. M. (US) Pfeiffer, M. (DE) Retana, J. (ES) Suarez, A. V. (US) Vasconcelos, H.L. (BR) Weiser, M. D. (US) Sanders, N. J. (US)
Number of authors	29
Source Title	Ecology Letters - ISSN 1461-023X Roč. 12, č. 4 (2009), s. 324-333
Number of pages	10 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	biodiversity ; climate change ; Eocene
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
CEZ	AV0Z50070508 - ENTU-I, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000264067600006
DOI	10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01291.x
Annotation	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.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2010

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