Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants

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Neotropical savanna ants show a reversed latitudinal gradient of species richness, with climatic drivers reflecting the forest origin of the fauna (2018, background): “Previous studies indicate that temperature is a main driver of ant species richness at a global scale (Dunn et al., 2009; Jenkins et al., 2011; Kaspari et al., 2004) as well as at the regional scale in high-latitude regions (Gotelli & Ellison, 2002).”
Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation (2013, background): “Going forward, we are hopeful that advances in the mapping of fine-scale patterns of plant (28) and insect (29) diversity will enable more comprehensive assessments of diversity patterns and conservation priorities.”
Coping with the cold: minimum temperatures and thermal tolerances dominate the ecology of mountain ants (2017, background): “Ant diversity increases with temperature at a range of spatial scales (Sanders et al., 2007; Jenkins et al., 2011; Bishop et al., 2014) and temperature has been shown to positively influence ant running speed (Hurlbert et al.”
Ants as indicators of environmental change and ecosystem processes (2017, background): “…nd thus temperature is often the main determinant of abunance, species richness, and composition of ant assemblages, with enerally decreasing ant abundances and species richness with ecreasing temperature (Jenkins et al., 2011; Kaspari et al., 2003; ongino et al., 2014; Sanders et al., 2007, 2003).”