Areas of endemism: to overlap or not to overlap, that is the question

The concept of "areas of endemism", and the assumption that these patterns are always a consequence of vicariant events, arereviewed. This assumption is related to the idea that areas of endemism have well-defined limits and never share any surfacewith other areas of endemism because they...

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Autores: Szumik, Claudia Adriana, Pereyra, Veronica Valeria, Casagranda, Maria Dolores
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/87577
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/87577
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ENDEMISM
HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY
METHODS IN BIOGEOGRAPHY
THEORY IN BIOGEOGRAPHY
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:The concept of "areas of endemism", and the assumption that these patterns are always a consequence of vicariant events, arereviewed. This assumption is related to the idea that areas of endemism have well-defined limits and never share any surfacewith other areas of endemism because they must represent sister areas supported by sister taxa. Based on this idea, overlappingareas have been considered rarely, or ignored completely. Using a data set of mammals of North America, we test here whetherthe overlapping areas are indeed sister areas supported by sister taxa, thus evaluating whether vicariant events are commonlythe factor producing areas of endemism.