The Latitudinal Gradient in Recent Speciation and Extinction Rates of Birds and Mammals

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Phylogenetic beta diversity: linking ecological and evolutionary processes across space in time. (2008, background): “For instance, at regional scales, diversity gradients are strongly influenced by both evolutionary factors, such as variation in the timing and rate of lineage diversification, and ecological factors, including current and past expanse of suitable habitat (Wiens & Donoghue 2004; Cardillo et al. 2005”
The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned in 20 years? (2013, background): “Weir & Schluter (2007) applied this line of reasoning to birds and mammals.”
The Arctic – an evolutionary freezer? (2008, background): “For the temperate zones, however, new data for birds and mammals suggest that although species diversity decreases compared to the tropics, recent rates of speciation as well as extinction are highest in the temperate zones (Weir and Schluter 2007 ).”
Broad-scale ecological implications of ectothermy and endothermy in changing environments (2012, background): “One analysis suggests faster speciation rates at high latitudes in mammals and birds but no latitudinal trend in diversification rates (Weir & Schluter, 2007).”