Tropical climates are the most biodiverse on Earth − but it's not only because of how warm and wet they are

By Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Postdoctoral research associate, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Catherine Graham, Senior Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research and Adjunct Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
Dave Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Montana State University

A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing world.

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