Recently, the hypothesis that the geographic distribution of species could be influenced by the shape of the domain edges, the so-called Mid-Domain Effect (MDE), has been included as one of the five credible hypotheses for explaining spatial gradients in species richness, despite all the unsuccessful current attempts to prove empirically the validity of MDE. We used data on spatial worldwide distributions of Falconiformes to evaluate the validity of MDE assumptions, incorporated into two different sorts of null models at a global level and separately across five domains/landmasses. Species richness values predicted by the null models of the MDE and those values predicted by Net Primary Productivity, a surrogate variable expressing the effec...
In the study of diversity patterns, the Mid-domain effect (MDE), which explains gradients in diversi...
Ecologists and biogeographers have long sought to understand how and why diversity varies across spa...
Inference involving diversity gradients typically is gathered by mechanistic tests involving single ...
We revisit the proposition that boundary constraints on species' ranges cause species richness gradi...
Ecologists and biogeographers have long sought to understand how and why diversity varies across spa...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Species richness varies enormously across geographical gradients, a well-known phenomenon for which ...
Species richness varies enormously across geographical gradients, a well-known phenomenon for which ...
The relationship between local and regional diversity in Falconiformes assemblages from South Americ...
Spatial patterns of species richness follow climatic and environmental variation, but could reflect ...
Rapoport effect predicts that species geographic range sizes will increase toward higher latitudes, ...
The "mid-domain effect" (MDE) has received much attention as a candidate explanation for patterns in...
The Atlantic Forest is an excellent case study for the elevational diversity of birds, and some inve...
In the study of diversity patterns, the Mid-domain effect (MDE), which explains gradients in diversi...
Ecologists and biogeographers have long sought to understand how and why diversity varies across spa...
Inference involving diversity gradients typically is gathered by mechanistic tests involving single ...
We revisit the proposition that boundary constraints on species' ranges cause species richness gradi...
Ecologists and biogeographers have long sought to understand how and why diversity varies across spa...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-sh...
Species richness varies enormously across geographical gradients, a well-known phenomenon for which ...
Species richness varies enormously across geographical gradients, a well-known phenomenon for which ...
The relationship between local and regional diversity in Falconiformes assemblages from South Americ...
Spatial patterns of species richness follow climatic and environmental variation, but could reflect ...
Rapoport effect predicts that species geographic range sizes will increase toward higher latitudes, ...
The "mid-domain effect" (MDE) has received much attention as a candidate explanation for patterns in...
The Atlantic Forest is an excellent case study for the elevational diversity of birds, and some inve...
In the study of diversity patterns, the Mid-domain effect (MDE), which explains gradients in diversi...
Ecologists and biogeographers have long sought to understand how and why diversity varies across spa...
Inference involving diversity gradients typically is gathered by mechanistic tests involving single ...