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| PARRA,MARÍA JOSÉ; RODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTO; CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN; MUÑOZ-TAPIA,LAUREANA; ATALA,CRISTIAN. |
| Chilean vegetation has been described based on dominant trees and shrubs, giving little attention to less conspicuous plants such as pteridophytes sensu lato (ferns and lycophytes). These plants have different ecological demands and reproductive strategies than woody plants and are excellent tools to recognize vegetation zones. In the present study we analyze the distributional patterns of the 124 pteridophyte taxa occurring in continental Chile, regarding species richness and habitat preferences distribution. Using Jaccard’s similarity index and grouping analysis, we obtained 5 pteridophyte zones that are significantly different from each other. Species richness distribution showed unimodal pattern with latitude, increasing from 17º S toward... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432015000100008 |
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