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  • Explaining global variation in the latitudinal diversity gradient: Meta-analysis confirms known patterns and uncovers new one
  • Kinlock, Nicole L.; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Prowant, Lisa; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Herstoff, Emily M.; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Foley, Catherine M.; Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA
    Akin-Fajiye, Morodoluwa; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Bender, Nicole; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Umarani, Mihir; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Ryu, Hae Yeong; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    ?en, Bilgecan; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Gurevitch, Jessica; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
  • 2020-06-17
  • Kinlock, N.L., L. Prowant, E.M. Herstoff, C.M. Foley, M. Akin-Fajiye, N. Bender, M. Umarani, H. Ryu, B. ?en, and J. Gurevitch. 2020. Explaining global variation in the latitudinal diversity gradient: Meta-analysis confirms known patterns and uncovers new one ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • This dataset is also available on the Dryad Digital Repository (link: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rg5rd).

    The code is also available on GitHub (link: https://github.com/nlkinlock/LDGmeta-analysis).

    This dataset was created to explore patterns in biodiversity across latitude. The pattern of increasing biological diversity from high latitudes to the equator [latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG)] has been recognized for greater than 200 years. Empirical studies have documented this pattern across many different organisms and locations. In order to quantify the evidence for the global LDG and the associated spatial, taxonomic and environmental factors, a systematic review, followed by a meta-analysis of the resulting dataset, were carried out. This dataset contains a large number of individual LDGs that have been published in the 14 years since Hillebrand's ground‐breaking meta‐analysis of the LDG.

  • N: 80.0      S: -80.0      E: 180.0      W: -180.0
  • edi.547.1  (Uploaded 2020-06-17)  
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