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Mapping knowledge gaps in marine diversity reveals a latitudinal gradient of missing species richness
In a study published in Nature Communications in November 2018, researchers from Federal University of Goiás explored global spatial patterns in species richness by analyzing more than 3 million occurrence records of almost 35,000 marine species from OBIS and other public datasets to identify missing occurrences (gaps) across species latitudinal range.
Plant feeding promotes diversity in the Crustacea
Poore et al. (2017) showed that the ability to eat seaweeds and plants promotes diversity among crustaceans, just as it does among herbivorous insects. The records from OBIS for each clade were analysed to estimate range size, latitudinal range and the occurrence in the biogeographic realms of Spalding et al. (2007). These analyses detected that plant-feeding clades did, on average, have larger range sizes, and that the increases in their richness could not be explained by disproportionate sampling in the tropics or in certain biogeographic regions.
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Plant feeding promotes diversity in the Crustacea
Poore et al. (2017) showed that the ability to eat seaweeds and plants promotes diversity among crustaceans, just as it does among herbivorous insects. The records from OBIS for each clade were analysed to estimate range size, latitudinal range and the occurrence in the biogeographic realms of Spalding et al. (2007). These analyses detected that plant-feeding clades did, on average, have larger range sizes, and that the increases in their richness could not be explained by disproportionate sampling in the tropics or in certain biogeographic regions.
Mapping knowledge gaps in marine diversity reveals a latitudinal gradient of missing species richness
In a study published in Nature Communications in November 2018, researchers from Federal University of Goiás explored global spatial patterns in species richness by analyzing more than 3 million occurrence records of almost 35,000 marine species from OBIS and other public datasets to identify missing occurrences (gaps) across species latitudinal range.