Rate of lineage origin explains the diversity anomaly in the world's mangrove vegetation
RE Ricklefs, AE Schwarzbach… - The American …, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
The contribution of nonecological factors to global patterns in diversity is evident when
species richness differs between regions with similar habitats and geographic area.
Mangrove environments in the Eastern Hemisphere harbor six times as many species of
trees and shrubs as similar environments in the New World. Genetic divergence of
mangrove lineages from terrestrial relatives, in combination with fossil evidence, suggests
that mangrove diversity is limited by evolutionary transition into the stressful marine …
species richness differs between regions with similar habitats and geographic area.
Mangrove environments in the Eastern Hemisphere harbor six times as many species of
trees and shrubs as similar environments in the New World. Genetic divergence of
mangrove lineages from terrestrial relatives, in combination with fossil evidence, suggests
that mangrove diversity is limited by evolutionary transition into the stressful marine …
