AUTHOR=Bonatelli Isabel A. S. , Franco Fernando F. , Amaral Danilo Trabuco TITLE=Editorial: Barren lives: biodiversity and diversification in arid regions JOURNAL=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1242765 DOI=10.3389/fevo.2023.1242765 ISSN=2296-701X