Testing the link between the latitudinal gradient in species richness and rates of molecular evolution
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Vol. 16 (2), 200-207
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00526.x
Abstract
Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain latitudinal gradients in species richness, but all are subject to ongoing debate. Here we examine Rohde's (1978, 1992) hypothesis, which pro...Keywords
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