Biogeographical affinities among Neotropical cloud forests |
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Authors: | I Luna-Vega J J Morrone O Alcántara Ayala D Espinosa Organista |
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Institution: | (1) Herbario FCME, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico D.F., Mexico, MX;(2) Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico D.F., Mexico, MX;(3) Herbario, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Mexico D.F., Mexico, MX |
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Abstract: | Biogeographical affinities among cloud forests in the Neotropical region were studied through a track approach, by constructing
generalised tracks based on the results of a parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE). Distributional data on 946 genera and
1,266 species of vascular plants (Pteridophyta, angiosperms, and gymnosperms) from 26 cloud forest patches from Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela were analysed; and four localities from eastern
and western United States were also included as outgroups. The track analysis identified six generalised tracks: a first one
that includes the majority of the cloud forests of Mexico, Central America, the Antilles, and northern Colombia; a second
one that includes southern Mexico and northern Central America; a third one that includes the mountains in northwestern South
America; a fourth one that includes the mountains in southwestern South America; and two others in western and eastern United
States. It is concluded that the Neotropical cloud forests are closely related and that those of the Caribbean subregion exhibit
complex relationships, which could be due to the complex tectonic history of the area.
Received February 22, 2001 Accepted May 1, 2001 |
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Keywords: | : Neotropics cloud forests vascular plants panbiogeography track analysis parsimony analysis of endemicity |
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