Species Diversity Is Dynamic and Unbounded at Local and Continental Scales

We argue that biotas at scales from local communities to entire continents are nearly always open to new species and that their diversities are far from any ecological limits. We show that the fossil, phylogenetic, and morphological evidence that has been used to suggest that ecological processes se...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American naturalist 2015-05, Vol.185 (5), p.584-593
Hauptverfasser:	Harmon, Luke J., Harrison, Susan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American Society of Naturalists Debate Biodiversity Biogeography Biological Evolution Biota Conservation of Natural Resources Ecological and Environmental Phenomena Ecology Ecosystem studies Evolutionary biology Fossils Morphology Phylogenetics Phylogeny
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