@article{fdi:010062547,
  title = {{G}eographic variation in range size and beta diversity of groundwater crustaceans : insights from habitats with low thermal seasonality},
  author = {{Z}agmajster, {M}. and {E}me, {D}. and {F}iser, {C}. and {G}alassi, {D}. and {M}armonier, {P}. and {S}toch, {F}. and {C}ornu, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {M}alard, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}im{T}hree broad mechanisms have been proposed to explain geographic variation in species range size: habitat area/heterogeneity, climate seasonality and long-term climate variability. {H}owever, it has proved difficult to disentangle their relative role, particularly as temperature seasonality often covaries with the amplitude of long-term temperature oscillations. {H}ere, we shed new light onto this debate by providing the first continental-scale analysis of range size and beta diversity in groundwater habitats, where taxa are not exposed to latitudinal variation in temperature seasonality. {L}ocation{E}urope. {M}ethods{W}e compiled and mapped occurrence data for 1570 groundwater crustacean species. {G}eneralized regression models were used to test for latitudinal variation in geographic range size and to assess the relative role of the three broad mechanisms in shaping present-day patterns of range size. {W}e partitioned beta diversity into its spatial turnover and nestedness components and analysed their latitudinal variation across {E}urope. {R}esults{M}edian range size increases with latitude above 43 degrees {N} and the range size of individual species is positively correlated to latitude, even after accounting for phylogenetic effects. {L}ong-term temperature variability accounted for a substantially higher variation in median range size of groundwater crustaceans across {E}urope than precipitation seasonality and habitat heterogeneity, including aquifer area, elevation range, climatic rarity and productive energy. {S}patial turnover contributes significantly more to beta diversity in southern regions characterized by stable historic climates than it does in northern {E}urope. {M}ain conclusions{O}ur findings add support to the historic climate hypothesis which suggests that patterns of increasing range size and decreasing species turnover at higher latitudes in the {P}alaearctic region are primarily driven by long-term temperature oscillations rather than by climatic seasonality and the availability and heterogeneity of habitats.},
  keywords = {{B}eta diversity ; climate seasonality ; {C}rustacea ; {E}urope ; groundwater ; habitat heterogeneity ; historic climate ; {R}apoport effect ; species range ; subterranean biodiversity ; {EUROPE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {E}cology and {B}iogeography},
  volume = {23},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {1135--1145},
  ISSN = {1466-822{X}},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1111/geb.12200},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062547},
}