title: Out of the Tropical Lowlands: Latitude versus Elevation.
abstract: Temperate plant communities have been assembled from tropical, lowland floras through different evolutionary pathways with respect to invading more recent cool environments at higher latitudes (niche conservatism) and occupying older cool environments at higher elevations within the tropics (niche convergence).
authors: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310036, China; Research and Collections Center, Illinois State Museum, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703, USA. Electronic address: hqian@museum.state.il.us.
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Qian
authors: Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA.
authors: Robert E
authors: RE
authors: Ricklefs
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D010944:Plants; D014329:Tropical Climate
keywords: mean family age; phylogenetic relatedness; species richness.