Distribution of present-day biodiversity

Boenigk, Jens; Wodniok, Sabina; Glücksman, Edvard

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Distribution of present-day biodiversity

Jens Boenigk⁴,
Sabina Wodniok⁴ &
Edvard Glücksman⁵

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Biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the planet. A range of factors contribute to this distribution, including the global climatic gradient, the current and historical distribution of land masses, and geographical barriers, such as mountains.

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Faculty of Biology Biodiversity Department, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Jens Boenigk & Sabina Wodniok
Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
Edvard Glücksman

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Boenigk, J., Wodniok, S., Glücksman, E. (2015). Distribution of present-day biodiversity. In: Biodiversity and Earth History. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46394-9_3

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