An optimality criterion to determine areas of endemism.

Szumik, Claudia A; Cuezzo, Fabiana; Goloboff, Pablo A; Chalup, Adriana E

Szumik, Claudia A; Cuezzo, Fabiana; Goloboff, Pablo A; Chalup, Adriana E.

Afiliação

Szumik CA; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.

Syst Biol ; 51(5): 806-16, 2002 Oct.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12396592

RESUMO

A formal method was developed to determine areas of endemism. The study region is divided into cells, and the number of species that can be considered as endemic is counted for a given set of cells (= area). Thus, the areas with the maximum number of species considered endemic are preferred. This is the first method for the identification of areas of endemism that implements an optimality criterion directly based on considering the aspects of species distribution that are relevant to endemism. The method is implemented in two computer programs, NDM and VNDM, available from the authors.

Assuntos

Ecossistema; Modelos Teóricos; Demografia; Geografia; Especificidade da Espécie

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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ecossistema / Modelos Teóricos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Syst Biol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: Reino Unido

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