학술논문
Macroevolutionary thermodynamics: Temperature and the tempo of evolution in the tropics.
Document Type
article
Author
Source
PLoS Biology, Vol 19, Iss 8, p e3001368 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1544-9173
1545-7885
1545-7885
Abstract
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).