Neotropical diversification patterns are analyzed using a large-scale comparative dataset of 150 phylogenies covering 12,524 species of seed plants and major tetrapods. The data was compiled by Andrea S. Meseguer to evaluate the timing and drivers of biodiversity assembly in the Neotropics. It reveals five key trends, including the impact of past environmental variations and the uplift of the Andes on different lineages.
Use Cases
- Modeling diversification rates over time based on phylogenetic data.
- Correlating environmental instability events, like Andean uplift, with lineage-specific diversification changes.
- Comparing diversification responses to global cooling between plant and animal clades.
- Assessing pre-Quaternary biodiversity levels relative to the present day.
Strengths
- Includes 150 phylogenies covering a broad taxonomic scope of 12,524 species.
- Analyzes diversification across major groups (plants, amphibians, mammals, squamates, birds) for comparative insights.
- Identifies specific correlations, such as 37% of lineages showing diversification changes linked to past environmental variations.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness unverified as the last update date is unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- Andrea S. Meseguer
- Collection Method
- Compilation and analysis of 150 published phylogenies.
- Geography
- Neotropics