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Mapping landscape connectivity as a driver of species richness under tectonic and climatic forcing
Tristan Salles
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School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Patrice Rey
School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Enrico Bertuzzo
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, Università Ca'Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
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Short summary
Mountainous landscapes have long been recognized as potential drivers for genetic drift, speciation, and ecological resilience. We present a novel approach that can be used to assess and quantify drivers of biodiversity, speciation, and endemism over geological time. Using coupled climate–landscape models, we show that biodiversity under tectonic and climatic forcing relates to landscape dynamics and that landscape complexity drives species richness through orogenic history.
Mountainous landscapes have long been recognized as potential drivers for genetic drift,...