Evolution of the latitudinal diversity gradient in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole
E. P. Economo, J.-P. Huang, G. Fischer, E. M. Sarnat, N. Narula, M. Janda, B. Guenard, J. T. Longino, L. L. Knowles
This study analyzes the latitudinal diversity gradient in the ant genus Pheidole, finding tropical conservatism explains the gradient rather than diversification rate variation.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2018Evolutionary Biology