The rise and fall of Neotropical biodiversity

• Published in: Botanical journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 199; no. 1; pp. 8 - 24
• Main Author: Antonelli, Alexandre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.05.2022
• Subjects: america; andean uplift; Anthropogenic factors; areas; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biological evolution; Botanik; Botany; Climate change; conservation; dispersal; evolution; extinction; extinction debt; Geological history; Human influences; impact; Introduced species; Invasive species; Land use; opportunity; Plant Sciences; rapid diversification; Species extinction; Threatened species; Tropical environments; vulnerability; conservation; extinction; evolution

Abstract The exceptional levels of biodiversity found today in the American tropics are the outcome of tens of millions of years of evolution, shaped by the tumultuous geological history of the region, its heterogeneous habitats, climate change, ecological interactions and, in recent millennia, huma...