Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains

Species richness is greatest in the tropics, and much of this diversity is concentrated in mountains. Janzen proposed that reduced seasonal temperature variation selects for narrower thermal tolerances and limited dispersal along tropical elevation gradients [Janzen DH (1967) Am Nat 101:233–249]. Th...

• Main Author: Polato, Nicholas (author)
• Other Authors: Gill, Brian (author), Shah, Alisha (author), Gray, Miranda (author), Casner, Kayce (author), Barthelet, Antoine (author), Messer, Philipp (author), Simmons, Mark (author), Guayasamín, Juan (author), Encalada, Andrea (author), Kondratieff, Boris (author), Flecker, Alexander (author)
• Format: article
• Language: eng
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1809326115; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3444