以小型哺乳动物（如啮齿动物）为研究对象，进行景观-生物耦合模拟，结果表明生物多样性随着构造隆升的幅度和速率而增加。这种关系在数百万年的沉积低地中可见，强调了造山在塑造过去和现在的陆地生物多样性方面的重要作用。他们的研究结果揭示了地形变化对演化过程的影响，提供了山脉形成与古多样性记录之间的潜在联系。
据悉，地球山脉的生物多样性热点表明，地形发展与生物过程之间存在着密切的联系。然而，目前尚不清楚山地生物多样性的高多样性是否是对造山过程中地形产生速度的进化反应。
附：英文原文
Title: Direct effects of mountain uplift and topography on biodiversity
Author: Eyal Marder, Tara M. Smiley, Brian J. Yanites, Katherine Kravitz
Issue&Volume: 2025-03-21
Abstract: Biodiversity hotspots in Earth’s mountain ranges suggest a strong connection between topographic development and biological processes. However, it remains unclear whether high biodiversity in mountain ranges is an evolutionary response to the rate of relief generation during mountain building. Focusing on small mammals, such as rodents, we used coupled landscape-biological simulations to show that biodiversity increases with the magnitude and rate of tectonic uplift. This relationship, visible in depositional lowlands over millions of years, underscores the considerable role of mountain building in shaping past and present terrestrial biodiversity. Our results provide insights into the influence of topographic changes on evolutionary processes, offering a potential link between mountain formation and paleodiversity records.
DOI: adp7290
Source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp7290