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| Monjeau,J. Adrián; Tort,Jorge A.; Márquez,Jorge; Jayat,Pablo; Palmer Fry,Benjamin N.; Nazar Anchorena,Sofía D.; Di Vincenzo,Andrés; Polop,Francisco. |
| The distribution and range of the 45 South American species of Carnivora (except Pinnipedia) currently recognized taxonomically was delimited from a detailed study of the literature. This study analyzes the ecogeographic patterns that operate at a continental scale in this family, which are particularly peculiar for not respecting natural landscape frontiers. The relation between the species distribution and latitudinal bands was evaluated using a Geographical Information System (GIS) with statistical regressions and correlations being carried out between geographical variables, areas, species richness, and latitude. The latitudinal bands with a higher species richness corresponded to the tropical bands with larger quantity of ecoregions, whereas a marked... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Carnivora; Energetic gradient; Macroecology; Neotropics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-93832009000100009 |
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