Functional traits and phylogeny explain snake distribution in the world's largest dry forest ecoregion, the Gran Chaco.

ABSTRACT: Macroecological studies describe large-scale diversity patterns through analyses of species distribution patterns and allows us to elucidate how species differing in ecology, physical requirements, and life histories are distributed in a multidimensional space. These patterns of distributions can be explained by vegetation, and climatic factors, and are determined by historical and current factors. The continuous accumulation of information on the distribution patterns of species is essential to understand the history and evolution of the biota. In this study, we aimed to identify functional and evolutionary drivers that explain the geographic patterns of vertical stratification. We compiled morphological, ecological, and distribution data of 140 species of Chacoan snakes and constructed n

SUBMITTER: Cabral H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9666913 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature