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Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research
Antonelli, Alexandre; Ariza, María A.; Albert, James Spurling; Andermann, Tobias; Azevedo, Josué A.R.; Bacon, Christine D.; Faurby, SørenThe unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our understanding of the origin and diversification of many Neotropical taxa and biotic regions, many questions remain to be answered. Additional biological and geological data are still needed, as well as methodological advances that ar...
Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin
Oberdorff, Thierry; Dias, Murilo Sversut; J?z?quel, C?line; Albert, James Spurling; Arantes, Caroline Chaves; Bigorne, RémyUsing the most comprehensive fish occurrence database, we evaluated the importance of ecological and historical drivers in diversity patterns of subdrainage basins across the Amazon system. Linear models reveal the influence of climatic conditions, habitat size and sub-basin isolation on species diversity. Unexpectedly, the species richness model also highlighted a negative upriver-downriver gradient, contrary ...