title: Historical and contemporary factors govern global biodiversity patterns.
abstract: A novel hierarchical framework integrates the effects of time, area, productivity, and temperature at their respective relevant scales and successfully predicts the latitudinal gradient in global vertebrate diversity.
authors.affiliation: jmchase88@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004777:Environment; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000502:physiology*