Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory

2025/11/16 by David Storch, G. Ridder, Grace I. Ridder +1 · 2 voices · 5 citations
Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Climate change #Confusion #Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education #Diversity (politics) #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #General equilibrium theory #Global biodiversity #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Species diversity

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2025.10.004

published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 41(1), 27-36 (Elsevier BV)

openalex created_date 2025/11/15 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Citations

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Discussions

• 📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – [bsky, 18 points, 1 comments]
• Where is the evidence for biodiversity equilibria? Follow the debate in the following publications. Our original paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... The response: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... Our reply: do [bsky, 9 points, 0 comments]