The origins and maintenance of global species endemism

Aim We test macroecological hypotheses ( H1: long‐term climate stability; H2: climate seasonality; H3: climate distinctiveness or rarity; and, H4: spatial heterogeneity in contemporary climate, topography or habitat ) proposed to explain broad‐scale patterns of total species endemism. Location Continental areas worldwide and zoogeographical realms. Methods Using species distribution maps for mammals and amphibians, we calculated five metrics of...