Can Rapoport's Rule Be Rescued? Modeling Causes of the Latitudinal Gradient in Species Richness

Ecology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 2474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Taylor ◽  
Steven D. Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient ◽  
Rapoport’S Rule

scholarly journals Species Richness of Aquatic Insects in Wetlands along the Altitudinal Gradient in Jeju, Korea : Test of Rapoport's Rule

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Bae Jeong ◽  
Dong-Soon Kim ◽  
Hyeong-Sik Jeon ◽  
Kyoung-Sik Yang ◽  
Won-Taek Kim
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Altitudinal Gradient ◽  
Rapoport’S Rule

Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators

Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 363 (6425) ◽  
pp. eaat4220 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Grady ◽  
Brian S. Maitner ◽  
Ara S. Winter ◽  
Kristin Kaschner ◽  
Derek P. Tittensor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Phylogenetic Diversity ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient ◽  
Latitudinal Gradients ◽  
Competitive Interactions ◽  
Marine Predators ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
The Tropics

Species richness of marine mammals and birds is highest in cold, temperate seas—a conspicuous exception to the general latitudinal gradient of decreasing diversity from the tropics to the poles. We compiled a comprehensive dataset for 998 species of sharks, fish, reptiles, mammals, and birds to identify and quantify inverse latitudinal gradients in diversity, and derived a theory to explain these patterns. We found that richness, phylogenetic diversity, and abundance of marine predators diverge systematically with thermoregulatory strategy and water temperature, reflecting metabolic differences between endotherms and ectotherms that drive trophic and competitive interactions. Spatial patterns of foraging support theoretical predictions, with total prey consumption by mammals increasing by a factor of 80 from the equator to the poles after controlling for productivity.

Latitudinal gradient and spatial covariance in species richness of tropical Lepidoptera in the Andes

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz W. Pyrcz ◽  
Keith Willmott ◽  
Rafał Garlacz ◽  
Pierre Boyer ◽  
Yuvinka Gareca
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient ◽  
Spatial Covariance ◽  
The Andes

scholarly journals Latitudinal gradient in species richness

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. R574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient
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