Thierry Oberdorff

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the relationship between climate and biodiversity and conclude that the interaction between water and energy, either directly or indirectly, provides a strong explanation for globally extensive plant and animal diversity gradients, but for animals there also is a latitudinal shift in the relative importance of ambient energy vs. water moving from the poles to the equator.

TL;DR: Scenarios consistently indicate that biodiversity will continue to decline over the 21st century, however, the range of projected changes is much broader than most studies suggest, partly because there are major opportunities to intervene through better policies, but also because of large uncertainties in projections.

TL;DR: This work rejects the energy–richness hypothesis in its standard form and considers some proposed modifications, and deriving and testing predictions based on their hypothesized mechanisms.

TL;DR: This paper surveyed the empirical literature to determine how well six diversity hypotheses account for spatial patterns in species richness across varying scales of grain and extent, and found that climate and productivity play an important role in determining species richness at large scales, particularly for non-insular, terrestrial habitats.

TL;DR: This paper surveyed the empirical literature to determine how well six diversity hypotheses account for spatial patterns in species richness across varying scales of grain and extent, and found that climate and productivity play an important role in determining species richness at large scales.