Open AccessMacroevolutionary thermodynamics: Temperature and the tempo of evolution in the tropics
Author(s) -
Daniel L. Rabosky
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001368
Subject(s) - biology , tropics , evolutionary biology , diversity (politics) , raising (metalworking) , biological evolution , ecology , genetics , geometry , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
An influential hypothesis proposes that the tempo of evolution is faster in the tropics. Emerging evidence, including a study in this issue of PLOS Biology , challenges this view, raising new questions about the causes of Earth’s iconic latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG).