Sampling the Slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro to Tackle one of Biology's Biggest Que...
This question of how geography influences biodiversity has bedeviled biologists for centuries. But according to a new study led by Marcell Peters from the University of Wurzburg, the number of distinct species you're seeing - or, more accurately, the number you would see in the nearest natural environment - depends most strongly on temperature.
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