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Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates

Coelho, Marco Túlio P. ; Barreto, Elisa ; Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F. ; Rangel, Thiago F. ; Bohdalková, Eliška ; Storch, David ; Jang, Yun Ting LU ; Pontarp, Mikael LU ; Cassemiro, Fernanda and de Araujo, Matheus Lima , et al. (2025) In Science 389(6755). p.53-57
Abstract

Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies result from confounding geographical influences that mask the true relationship between species richness and energy-related factors. Here, by comparing species richness across different climate conditions, we disentangle the direct effects of temperature, precipitation, and primary productivity from the confounding impacts of the area and isolation of various climates. using a global analysis of terrestrial vertebrates, we reveal clear and consistent relationships between energy-related factors and species richness. Our findings clarify existing... (More)

Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies result from confounding geographical influences that mask the true relationship between species richness and energy-related factors. Here, by comparing species richness across different climate conditions, we disentangle the direct effects of temperature, precipitation, and primary productivity from the confounding impacts of the area and isolation of various climates. using a global analysis of terrestrial vertebrates, we reveal clear and consistent relationships between energy-related factors and species richness. Our findings clarify existing ecological theory and illustrate how adopting a climate space perspective advances biodiversity research, providing critical insights into biodiversity patterns and their responses to environmental change.

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Science
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389
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6755
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5 pages
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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  • scopus:105010567198
  • pmid:40608937
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0036-8075
DOI
10.1126/science.adu2590
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies result from confounding geographical influences that mask the true relationship between species richness and energy-related factors. Here, by comparing species richness across different climate conditions, we disentangle the direct effects of temperature, precipitation, and primary productivity from the confounding impacts of the area and isolation of various climates. using a global analysis of terrestrial vertebrates, we reveal clear and consistent relationships between energy-related factors and species richness. Our findings clarify existing ecological theory and illustrate how adopting a climate space perspective advances biodiversity research, providing critical insights into biodiversity patterns and their responses to environmental change.</p>}},
  author       = {{Coelho, Marco Túlio P. and Barreto, Elisa and Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F. and Rangel, Thiago F. and Bohdalková, Eliška and Storch, David and Jang, Yun Ting and Pontarp, Mikael and Cassemiro, Fernanda and de Araujo, Matheus Lima and Hull, Pincelli M. and Graham, Catherine H.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  number       = {{6755}},
  pages        = {{53--57}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adu2590}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.adu2590}},
  volume       = {{389}},
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