A new study argues that temperate zones are hotbeds of evolution, not tropical areas as conventionally held. The research, published in the March 16 issue of the journal Science, says that species do ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The influence of regional and local processes on community structure is a major focus of ecology. Classically, ecologists have used ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Postglacial vegetation dynamics reflects global warming and cooling as these occur in normal progression through precession cycle. It also ...

Climate zones in the world: The Earth is home to a wide variety of climates, from the cold of the Arctic to the blazing heat of the desert. These differences in weather and temperature happen because ...

A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on the coldest recorded ...