Mexican biogeographic provinces: preliminary scheme, general characterizations, and synonymies
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| contents | Mexican biogeographic provinces: preliminary scheme, general characterizations, and synonymies David Espinosa Organista Jorge Llorente Bousquets Juan J. Morrone Biología Mexico provinces biogeography regionalization Although the biogeographic schemes proposed for Mexico are based on different criteria (geographic, paleontological, faunistic or floristic), their authors implicitly acknowledge that the units recognized actually represent historical entities. The development of panbiogeography and cladistic biogeography has challenged traditional classifications, by showing that some of these biogeographic units did not represent natural units. Furthermore, there have been attempts to construct ecogeographic systems, based on the assumption that biotic and abiotic factors constraint species distributions within definite areas. By synthesizing both biogeographic and ecological systems, we propose a new scheme for Mexico, where we recognize the following 14 provinces: California (northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, from Sierras of San Pedro Mártir and Juárez, extending northward along the Sierra Nevada into southwestern USA), Baja California (Baja California peninsula), Sonora (coastal areas in northwestern Mexico, from the northeastern portion of the Baja California peninsula to the Piaxtla river basin in southern Sinaloa), Mexican Plateau (central Mexico, in the states of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Nuevo Mexico, as well as small parts of Nuevo León, and Sonora, below 4,000 m altitude), Tamaulipas (coastal areas in the northern part of the Mexican Gulf, north of the Pánuco river basin)... 2002 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57508505 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.85 |
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| spellingShingle | Mexican biogeographic provinces: preliminary scheme, general characterizations, and synonymies David Espinosa Organista Biología Mexico provinces biogeography regionalization Mexican biogeographic provinces: preliminary scheme, general characterizations, and synonymies David Espinosa Organista Jorge Llorente Bousquets Juan J. Morrone Biología Mexico provinces biogeography regionalization Although the biogeographic schemes proposed for Mexico are based on different criteria (geographic, paleontological, faunistic or floristic), their authors implicitly acknowledge that the units recognized actually represent historical entities. The development of panbiogeography and cladistic biogeography has challenged traditional classifications, by showing that some of these biogeographic units did not represent natural units. Furthermore, there have been attempts to construct ecogeographic systems, based on the assumption that biotic and abiotic factors constraint species distributions within definite areas. By synthesizing both biogeographic and ecological systems, we propose a new scheme for Mexico, where we recognize the following 14 provinces: California (northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, from Sierras of San Pedro Mártir and Juárez, extending northward along the Sierra Nevada into southwestern USA), Baja California (Baja California peninsula), Sonora (coastal areas in northwestern Mexico, from the northeastern portion of the Baja California peninsula to the Piaxtla river basin in southern Sinaloa), Mexican Plateau (central Mexico, in the states of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Nuevo Mexico, as well as small parts of Nuevo León, and Sonora, below 4,000 m altitude), Tamaulipas (coastal areas in the northern part of the Mexican Gulf, north of the Pánuco river basin)... 2002 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57508505 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.85 |
| title | Mexican biogeographic provinces: preliminary scheme, general characterizations, and synonymies |
| topic | Biología Mexico provinces biogeography regionalization |
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