Biogeography of the Iberian newt (Lissotriton boscai): factors involved in interpopulation diversity
Understanding geographic variation in the characteristics of individuals and populations of species and/or closely related species is a long-standing research theme in biogeography and evolutionary biology. This endevour involves answering why species appear where they are; which are the factors dri...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/10702 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/10702 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 597.94(043.2) Salamandridae Biogeography Evolutionary biology Iberian newt Lissotriton boscai Salamándridos Biogeografía Biología evolutiva Tritón ibérico Anfibios 2401.17 Invertebrados |
| Sumario: | Understanding geographic variation in the characteristics of individuals and populations of species and/or closely related species is a long-standing research theme in biogeography and evolutionary biology. This endevour involves answering why species appear where they are; which are the factors driving species distributions; which is the relationship between the species and their environment; why closely related species or species populations share similar traits or environmental requirements; how species and species populations vary in space and time and which are the factors behind this heterogeneous response. Research on biogeographical variation involves recognizing and describing patterns and unveiling the processes behind them. This entails some challenges, mainly because these patterns may arise from a plethora of factors and mechanisms that may act together, simultaneously or separately, at different spatial and temporal scales. The best approach to address this is combining different sources of information at different spatio-temporal ecological and evolutionary scales with multiple hypotheses... |
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