Biogeographic regionalization by spatial and environmental components: Numerical proposal.

ABSTRACT: Regionalization through the analysis of species groups offers important advantages in conservation biology, compared to the single taxon approach in areas of high species richness. We use a systematic framework for biogeographic regionalization at a regional scale based on species turnover and environmental drivers (climate variables and soil properties) mainly of herbaceous plant species richness. To identify phytogeographic regions in the Balsas Depression (BD), we use Asteraceae species, a family widely distributed in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (SDTF) and the most diverse of the vascular plants in Mexico. Occurrence records of 571 species were used to apply a quantitative analysis based on the species turnover, the rate of changes in their composition between sites (β-Simpson index)

SUBMITTER: Flores-Tolentino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205180 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature