Global biodiversity, biochemical kinetics, and the energetic-equivalence rule
Global biodiversity, biochemical kinetics, and the energetic-equivalence rule
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1072380
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发表时间：
2002-08-30
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Gillooly, JF
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作者：
Allen, AP;Brown, JH;Gillooly, JF
从两极到赤道生物多样性增加的纬度梯度是地球上生命最突出但最不为人所知的特征之一。在这里，我们表明，物种多样性可以预测从生化代谢动力学。我们首先证明了种群的平均能流是温度不变的。然后，我们推导出一个模型，定量预测物种多样性如何随着环境温度的增加。预测支持陆地，淡水和海洋类群的数据沿着纬度和海拔梯度。这些结果为物种多样性的调控和生态群落的组织建立了热力学基础。
The latitudinal gradient of increasing biodiversity from poles to equator is one of the most prominent but least understood features of life on Earth. Here we show that species diversity can be predicted from the biochemical kinetics of metabolism. We first demonstrate that the average energy flux of populations is temperature invariant. We then derive a model that quantitatively predicts how species diversity increases with environmental temperature. Predictions are supported by data for terrestrial, freshwater, and marine taxa along latitudinal and elevational gradients. These results establish a thermodynamic basis for the regulation of species diversity and the organization of ecological communities.