framework for delineating biogeographical regions based on species distributions

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 37; no. 11; pp. 2029 - 2053
• Main Authors: Kreft, Holger, Jetz, Walter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell
• Subjects: algorithms; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Biological taxonomies; cluster analysis; conservation biogeography; Conservation biology; continental shelf; Ecoregions; evolution; experts; faunistic resemblance; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Geographic regions; Mammalia; Mammals; Middle East; multidimensional scaling; multivariate methods; Ordination; regionalization; SPECIAL PAPER; Species; Synecology; Temperate regions; Tropical regions; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; zoogeographical realms; zoogeography; Middle East; Australia; Africa; ISW, Arabian Peninsula; Cluster analysis; multivariate methods; faunistic resemblance; Conservation; Biogeography; Method; Vertebrata; conservation biogeography; Mammalia; Spatial distribution; Geographic distribution; mammals; ordination; Distribution range; regionalization; zoogeographical realms

Biogeographical regionalizations, such as zoogeographical regions, floristic kingdoms or ecoregions, represent categorizations central to many basic and applied questions in biogeography, ecology, evolution and conservation. Traditionally established by experts based on qualitative evidence, the lac...