The present study proposes to reconcile the different spatial and temporal scales of regional
species production and local constraint on species richness. Although interactions between …

Global patterns in species richness have resisted explanation since they first caught the
attention of ecologists in the 1960s. The failure of ecology to fully integrate the diversity issue …

Current patterns of global change can strongly affect biodiversity at global, regional and
local scales. At global scales, habitat destruction and the introduction of exotic species are …

Aim Explanations of biogeographic diversity patterns have emphasized the role of large‐
scale processes that determine species pools, whereas explanations of local patterns have …

Regions worldwide differ markedly in species richness. Here, for birds and mammals
worldwide, we directly compare four sets of hypotheses regarding geographical richness …

Aim To determine the empirical relationships between species richness and spatial turnover
in species composition across spatial scales. These have remained little explored despite …

Despite widespread acknowledgement that local ecological communities are profoundly
shaped by regional‐scale influences, including evolutionary and biogeographic processes …

According to the traditional Volterra-Gause viewpoint, the number of species in ecological
communities (local richness) was thought to be controlled mainly by species interactions …

Aim It is widely accepted that biodiversity is influenced by both niche‐related and spatial
processes from local to global scales. Their relative importance, however, is still disputed …

The latitudinal diversity gradient has been hypothesized to reflect past evolutionary
dynamics driven by climatic niche conservation during cladogenesis, ie the tropical …