Analysis finds species diversity driven by tectonics and climate
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 08:10
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Biology often uses the word "hotspot" to characterize a region that gives rise to an abundance of species over a particular time period. A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the development of continental aquatic species hotspots is tightly linked to the climatic and geodynamic history of the European continent.