The Key Role of Vicariance for Soil Animal Biogeography in a Biodiversity Hotspot Region

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 34; no. 5
• Main Authors: Pan, Xue, Kreft, Holger, Lu, Jing‐Zhong, Du, Yabin, Scheu, Stefan, Maraun, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2025
• Subjects: Acari; animals; Archipelagoes; beta diversity; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Biogeography; climate; climatic and soil factors; Clustering; Endemism; family; genus; geographical distribution; Geography; geological vicariance; indigenous species; Indo-Australian Archipelago; Mites; New Guinea; Ordination; Oribatida; Sarcoptiformes; soil; Soils; species; species diversity; Taxa; Wallace's line; New Guinea; Indo-Australian Archipelago

ABSTRACT Aim The Indo‐Australian Archipelago is known as a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of endemism typically ascribed to vicariance as reflected by the ‘Wallace's line’. However, it is unknown how vicariance has affected belowground biodiversity, especially process‐based beta diversit...