Review of the subprovinces and districts of the Páramo biogeographic province, northern South America
Some recent contributions to the biogeographic regionalization of the Páramo province are reviewed and compared. As a result, a consensus regionalization is proposed, recognizing 6 subprovinces and 11 districts: Páramos del Norte subprovince (Sierra Nevada district), Cordillera de Mérida Páramo subp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:42571635022 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42571635022 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42571635022/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42571635022/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42571635022/42571635022.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42571635022/movil |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biología Andean region Neotropical region Biogeographic regionalization South American Transition Zone |
| Sumario: | Some recent contributions to the biogeographic regionalization of the Páramo province are reviewed and compared. As a result, a consensus regionalization is proposed, recognizing 6 subprovinces and 11 districts: Páramos del Norte subprovince (Sierra Nevada district), Cordillera de Mérida Páramo subprovince (Venezuelan Páramo district), Páramos de la Cordillera Oriental subprovince (Páramos de Boyacá and Los Picachos districts), Cordillera Central-Occidental subprovince (Paramillo del Sinú, Santa Inés-Sonsón, Main Central Cordillera and Páramo de los Farallones de Cali districts), Northern Ecuador subprovince (Northern Ecuadorian Páramo district), and Central-Southern Ecuador subprovince (Central Ecuadorian Páramo and Southern Ecuadorian Páramo districts). |
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