Revisiting generality in the global latitudinal gradient in species richness across ocean and land (and the 20°C effect) Recent discoveries show that the global latitudinal gradient in marine species richness is bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes (not at the equator as commonly believed). The dip at the equator has been getting [...]
Applications sought to join the editorial board of Frontiers of Biogeography Call to TIBS members: Would you like to become an editor for Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society? The journal is seeking new editors to join the existing international team of editors and, [...]
Climate, disturbances, and human activities as drivers of tropical forest and savanna dynamics across temporal scales Tropical forests and savannas are often described as alternative stable states maintained by feedbacks between disturbances (especially fire) and vegetation structure, although the strength and generality of these feedbacks remain debated. Their limited representation [...]
Phylogenetic models of historical biogeography Fully understanding how any species evolved involves knowing where it lived. As the complete biogeographic history for most lineages cannot be directly observed, biologists often use phylogenetic models to reconstruct ancestral species ranges and to infer regional rates of dispersal, speciation, and extinction. This talk will [...]
Forecasting like a climate scientist - predicting biodiversity change in the Anthropocene Biodiversity and ecosystems are degrading worldwide in response to multiple anthropogenic pressures. Yet, our ability to anticipate these changes remains limited. Current approaches are largely retrospective, making it difficult to evaluate future risks or the consequences of different [...]
Biodiversity patterns in environmental space Ever since Aristotle suggested that the distributions of organisms were related to environmental factors and Humboldt travelled the world observing dramatic differences in species richness depending on climate, scientists have been keenly aware that climate strongly influences the distribution and persistence of species on earth. Given [...]
Scaling Marine Biodiversity: Insights from a Trait-Based Framework Marine ecosystems are shaped by complex ecological and evolutionary processes that operate across spatial scales, from fine local gradients to broad biogeographical patterns. Capturing how biodiversity emerges from these drivers requires moving beyond traditional taxonomic approaches toward integrative frameworks that explicitly incorporate functional [...]
Ecology & Evolution in Spatial Structured Environments Ecological and evolutionary dynamics occur in environments that are intrinsically spatially structured, yet spatial environmental heterogeneity is often treated as a statistical complication (e.g., a nuisance term to be removed, a source of spatial autocorrelation to be corrected, or variance to be averaged out) [...]
The research of Aliaga Samanez spans biogeography, conservation biology, species distribution modeling, and public health. By integrating biogeography with disease ecology, she addresses urgent global challenges related to infectious disease prevention in an increasingly interconnected world. Her findings provide a foundation for informed decision-making in habitat management and disease surveillance strategies. Her focus on [...]
Daru’s research leverages herbarium specimens as untapped sources of plant functional traits to explore shifting functional biogeography across ecological scales. His recent work on seagrasses, being the only flowering plants to secondarily transition to sea during the early evolution of monocots, which moves his research from patterns of plant distributions to the underlying [...]
