Can insect data be used to infer areas of endemism?: An example from the Yungas of Argentina ¿Pueden utilizarse los datos de insectos para inferir áreas de endemismo?: Un ejemplo de las Yungas de Argentina

Can insect data be used to infer areas of endemism?: An example from the Yungas of Argentina ¿Pueden utilizarse los datos de insectos para inferir áreas de endemismo?: Un ejemplo de las Yungas de Argentina

The main purpose of this study is to analyze whether areas of endemism can be characterized quantitatively by using insects, which are typically much more poorly sampled than vertebrates or plants. For this, an optimality criterion in the search for endemic areas was used to analyze approximately 1,...

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Main Authors: FERNANDO R NAVARRO, FABIANA CUEZZO, PABLO A GOLOBOFF, CLAUDIA SZUMIK, MERCEDES LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO, M. GABRIELA QUINTANA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
biogeografía
Bosque Montano
patrones de distribución
NDM/VNDM
biogeography
distribution patterns
Montane forests
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