Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity - Hypotheses For Pattern

Hypotheses For Pattern

Although many of the hypotheses exploring the latitudinal diversity gradient are closely related and interdependent, most of the major hypotheses can be split into four general hypotheses.

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