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Are global hotspots of endemic richness shaped by plate tectonics?

Pellissier, Loïc ; Heine, Christian ; Rosauer, Dan F. ; Albouy, Camille

In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2018, vol. 123, no. 1, p. 247-261

Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics

Leprieur, Fabien ; Descombes, Patrice ; Gaboriau, Théo ; Cowman, Peter F. ; Parravicini, Valeriano ; Kulbicki, Michel ; Melián, Carlos J. ; Santana, Charles N. de ; Heine, Christian ; Mouillot, David ; Bellwood, David R. ; Pellissier, Loïc

In: Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, p. 11461

The Cretaceous breakup of Gondwana strongly modified the global distribution of shallow tropical seas reshaping the geographic configuration of marine basins. However, the links between tropical reef availability, plate tectonic processes and marine biodiversity distribution patterns are still unknown. Here, we show that a spatial diversification model constrained by absolute plate motions...

Forecasted coral reef decline in marine biodiversity hotspots under climate change

Descombes, Patrice ; Wisz, Mary S. ; Leprieur, Fabien ; Parravicini, Valerianio ; Heine, Christian ; Olsen, Steffen M. ; Swingedouw, Didier ; Kulbicki, Michel ; Mouillot, David ; Pellissier, Loïc

In: Global Change Biology, 2015, vol. 21, no. 7, p. 2479–2487

Coral bleaching events threaten coral reef habitats globally and cause severe declines of local biodiversity and productivity. Related to high sea surface temperatures (SST), bleaching events are expected to increase as a consequence of future global warming. However, response to climate change is still uncertain as future low-latitude climatic conditions have no present-day analogue. Sea surface...