Does the Trans-mexican Volcanic Belt represent a natural biogeographical unit? An analysis of the distributional patterns of Coleoptera

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1008-1015

  Corona, Angélica Ma ^a   Toledo, Víctor H ^a   Morrone, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Buprestidae; Cerambycidae; Dryophthoridae; Melolonthidae; Mexico; Nearctic; Neotropics; Passalidae; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLADISTICS; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NATURALNESS; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; TRACKING; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BALSAS RIVER; GULF COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE;

BUPRESTIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DRYOPHTHORINAE; MELOLONTHINAE; PASSALIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 34447536856     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01666.x     Document Type: Article

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