[Taxacom] panbiogeography vindicated once again

[John Grehan]

New study by Igea, J. & Tanentzap, A.J. 2021. Global topographic uplift has
elevated speciation in mammals and birds over the last 3 million years.
Nature Ecology & Evolution

“Our results stress that historical geological processes rather than
traditionally studied macroecological gradients may ultimately generate
much of the world’s biodiversity,” the researchers write in their study,
published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution