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@article{citeulike:902228, abstract = {The evolutionary dynamics underlying the latitudinal gradient in biodiversity have been controversial for over a century. Using a spatially explicit approach that incorporates not only origination and extinction but immigration, a global analysis of genera and subgenera of marine bivalves over the past 11 million years supports an "out of the tropics" model, in which taxa preferentially originate in the tropics and expand toward the poles without losing their tropical presence. The tropics are thus both a cradle and a museum of biodiversity, contrary to the conceptual dichotomy dominant since 1974; a tropical diversity crisis would thus have profound evolutionary effects at all latitudes.}, address = {Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. djablons@uchicago.edu}, author = {Jablonski, D. and Roy, K. and Valentine, J. W.}, citeulike-article-id = {902228}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130880}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17023653}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17023653}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-33749605422}, day = {6}, doi = {10.1126/science.1130880}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {diversity, latitude, leaf-longevity}, month = {October}, number = {5796}, pages = {102--106}, posted-at = {2008-04-22 06:18:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Out of the tropics: evolutionary dynamics of the latitudinal diversity gradient.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130880}, volume = {314}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:902228 L3 - citeulike-article-id:902228 N2 - The evolutionary dynamics underlying the latitudinal gradient in biodiversity have been controversial for over a century. Using a spatially explicit approach that incorporates not only origination and extinction but immigration, a global analysis of genera and subgenera of marine bivalves over the past 11 million years supports an "out of the tropics" model, in which taxa preferentially originate in the tropics and expand toward the poles without losing their tropical presence. The tropics are thus both a cradle and a museum of biodiversity, contrary to the conceptual dichotomy dominant since 1974; a tropical diversity crisis would thus have profound evolutionary effects at all latitudes. IS - 5796 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 AD - Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. djablons@uchicago.edu EP - 106 TI - Out of the tropics: evolutionary dynamics of the latitudinal diversity gradient. VL - 314 SP - 102 KW - diversity KW - latitude KW - leaf-longevity AU - Jablonski, D AU - Roy, K AU - Valentine, JW PY - 2006/10/06/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130880 ER -