Species and Glaciation (IMAGE)

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Species and Glaciation

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Relationship between species richness and temperature variation since the last glaciation. The red line represents the current limit of 0 C and the blue one such limit in the last glaciation. The discontinuous black line identifies the border between north and south marked by differences in species distributions.

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J. Hortal

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