INVESTIGADORES
GALINDEZ Guadalupe
artículos
Título:
Spatial patterns of dicot diversity in Argentina
Autor/es:
ALEJANDRA JUÁREZ; PABLO ORTEGA-BAES; SILVIA SÜHRING; WALTER MARTIN; GUADALUPE GALÍNDEZ
Revista:
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 16 p. 1669 - 1677
ISSN:
0960-3115
Resumen:
In this paper, we analyzed the taxonomic diversity of the Argentine dicots to evaluate their relationships with area, latitude, and longitude. We also evaluated species diversity and higher taxa diversity relationships. The families, genera and species diversity in Argentine dicots was not explained by the area of each province but it varied through latitudinal and longitudinal gradients. The taxonomic diversity of these plants increased from high to low latitudes and westeast longitudes. These patterns would explain why the main diversity centers are located in the North region of this country. As we expected the species diversity and higher taxa diversity showed a positive relationship. At this scale, higher taxa diversity could be use as surrogate for species diversity.
