'Cold spots' not hotspots key to rapid biodiversification
E-Mail The Amazon rainforest may be a hotspot for animal and plant diversity, but this week, scientists report that new species actually form there less often than previously thought. Places like deserts and mountaintops that do not have a lot of species provide more opportunity for rapid diversification. This paradox of diversity - that new species form at a faster pace in "cold spots" than hotspots - was reported this week in the journal Science. A multinational team of scientists studied diversity in a major group of tropical birds and they found that although coldspots might be extrem...
Source: eurekalert.org