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Ben G Holt1, Jean-Philippe Lessard, Michael K Borregaard
1Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 27, 2013
Resumen
Nuestro estudio confirma la solidez de las regiones zoogeográficas actualizadas, a pesar de las críticas. Los análisis de sensibilidad muestran que los resultados son confiables a través de diferentes datos filogenéticos y métodos de agrupación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La zoogeografía es la zoogeografía.
- Regionalización biogeográfica de la biogeografía.
- El análisis filogenético.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las regiones zoogeográficas de Wallace son fundamentales en la biogeografía.
- Las actualizaciones recientes de estas regiones requieren una validación rigurosa.
- Se han planteado críticas con respecto a la metodología e interpretación de las regiones actualizadas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para abordar las críticas con respecto a las regiones zoogeográficas actualizadas de Wallace.
- Para demostrar la solidez del esquema de regionalización actualizado.
- Evaluar la distinción entre zonas de transición y regiones biogeográficas.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizaron extensos análisis de sensibilidad.
- Se evaluó el impacto de diferentes conjuntos de datos filogenéticos.
- Se evaluó la influencia de varios algoritmos de agrupamiento.
Principales resultados:
- Los resultados siguen siendo sólidos independientemente de los datos filogenéticos utilizados.
- El algoritmo de agrupación elegido no altera significativamente los resultados.
- Las regiones zoogeográficas propuestas son consistentemente apoyadas por los análisis.
Conclusiones:
- Las regiones zoogeográficas actualizadas son metodológicamente sólidas y confiables.
- Se necesita más investigación para fundamentar la distinción propuesta entre zonas de transición y regiones biogeográficas.
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