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The study investigates the relationship between morphological disparity and latitudinal diversity in lacertid lizards, revealing an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient where species richness decreases towards the tropics. Despite constant lineage accumulation rates, morphological variation primarily arises from recent divergences, with tropical taxa exhibiting faster shape changes compared to temperate ones. This finding challenges the ecological opportunity theory, suggesting a disconnect between specie

Author

Joan-Giner

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EN