Glaciations, deciduous forests, water availability and current geographical patterns in the diversity of European Carabus species

Aim Current climate, biotic habitat provision and historical events are known drivers of diversity patterns. However, these three factors are seldom evaluated together. Here, we study the influence of climate, the distribution of deciduous forests and Pleistocene climate changes on the species diversity of Carabus ground beetles in Europe. Location Continental Europe. Methods We used geographically weighted regressions ( GWR ) to explore...