An Update of Wallace's Zoogeographic Regions of the World

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 339; no. 6115; pp. 74 - 78
• Main Authors: Holt, Ben G., Lessard, Jean-Philippe, Borregaard, Michael K., Fritz, Susanne A., Araújo, Miguel B., Dimitrov, Dimitar, Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Graham, Catherine H., Graves, Gary R., Jønsson, Knud A., Nogués-Bravo, David, Wang, Zhiheng, Whittaker, Robert J., Fjeldså, Jon, Rahbek, Carsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Association for the Advancement of Science 04.01.2013; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Amphibians; Amphibians - classification; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Biological; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; Birds - classification; Classification; Climate; Evolution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Mammals; Mammals - classification; Online; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Synecology; Taxonomy; Terrestrial ecosystems; Vertebrates; Wildlife conservation; zoogeography; Zoology; World; Terrestrial environment; Cartography; Vertebrata; Zoogeography; Mammalia; Biological evolution; Classification; Biogeography; Amphibia; Ecological zonation; Phylogeny; Aves

Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a global map of zoogeographic regions by combining data on the distributions and phylogenetic relationships of 21,037 species of...