@article{fdi:010066850,
  title = {{P}late tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics},
  author = {{L}eprieur, {F}. and {D}escombes, {P}. and {G}aboriau, {T}. and {C}owman, {P}. {F}. and {P}arravicini, {V}aleriano and {K}ulbicki, {M}ichel and {M}elian, {C}. {J}. and de {S}antana, {C}. {N}. and {H}eine, {C}. and {M}ouillot, {D}. and {B}ellwood, {D}. {R}. and {P}ellissier, {L}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {C}retaceous breakup of {G}ondwana strongly modified the global distribution of shallow tropical seas reshaping the geographic configuration of marine basins. {H}owever, the links between tropical reef availability, plate tectonic processes and marine biodiversity distribution patterns are still unknown. {H}ere, we show that a spatial diversification model constrained by absolute plate motions for the past 140 million years predicts the emergence and movement of diversity hotspots on tropical reefs. {T}he spatial dynamics of tropical reefs explains marine fauna diversification in the {T}ethyan {O}cean during the {C}retaceous and early {C}enozoic, and identifies an eastward movement of ancestral marine lineages towards the {I}ndo-{A}ustralian {A}rchipelago in the {M}iocene. {A} mechanistic model based only on habitat-driven diversification and dispersal yields realistic predictions of current biodiversity patterns for both corals and fishes. {A}s in terrestrial systems, we demonstrate that plate tectonics played a major role in driving tropical marine shallow reef biodiversity dynamics.},
  keywords = {{OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {ATLANTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 11461 [8 p.]},
  ISSN = {2041-1723},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1038/ncomms11461},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066850},
}