Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: Implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1695-1706

  Werneck, Fernanda P ^a   Nogueira, Cristiano ^b   Colli, Guarino R ^b   Sites, Jack W ^a   Costa, Gabriel C ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Conservation biogeography; Historical stability; Neotropical savanna connection; Palaeodistribution modelling; Quaternary climatic fluctuations; South America; Species richness; Squamate reptiles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CERRADO; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; PALYNOLOGY; REPTILE; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

REPTILIA;

EID: 84865155183     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02715.x     Document Type: Article

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