Origin of Tropical Diversity: From Clades to Communities

• Main Author: James Edward Richardson (auth)
• Other Authors: R. Toby Pennington (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); clades; evolution; Biodiversity; Tropics; communities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this volume we aimed to assess progress in determining the processes by which current patterns of tropical biodiversity were established and are maintained. Tropical regions are highly species-rich and we present studies that have improved our understanding of the generation of that diversity at...