Moontanman Posted May 8, 2010 Report Posted May 8, 2010 Climate Change and Mountain Building Led to Mammal Diversity Patterns ScienceDaily (May 8, 2010) — Travel from the tropics to the poles, and you'll notice that the diversity of mammals declines with distance from the equator. Move from lowland to mountains, and you'll see diversity increase as the landscape becomes more varied. Ecologists have proposed various explanations for these well-known "biodiversity gradients," invoking ecological, evolutionary and historical processes. Climate change and mountain building led to mammal diversity patterns Quote
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