Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Zizka, A., Bermúdez, M.A. et al. (10 more authors) (2022) The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras. Trends in Plant Science, 27 (4). pp. 364-378. ISSN 1360-1385
Abstract
The Andes are the world's most biodiverse mountain chain, encompassing a complex array of ecosystems from tropical rainforests to alpine habitats. We provide a synthesis of Andean vascular plant diversity by estimating a list of all species with publicly available records, which we integrate with a phylogenetic dataset of 14 501 Neotropical plant species in 194 clades. We find that (i) the Andean flora comprises at least 28 691 georeferenced species documented to date, (ii) Northern Andean mid-elevation cloud forests are the most species-rich Andean ecosystems, (iii) the Andes are a key source and sink of Neotropical plant diversity, and (iv) the Andes, Amazonia, and other Neotropical biomes have had a considerable amount of biotic interchange through time.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Andes; vascular plants; geology; plant diversity; biogeography |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 12:49 |
Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2023 14:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cell Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.09.010 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183070 |