Biodiversity, mountains and climate change

[ES]En este artículo se discute el origen y mantenimiento de la biodiversidad en las montañas tropicales, con énfasis en el Neotrópico, y se concluye que los patrones de biodiversidad de las biotas de gran altura no pueden ser explicados sin la acción combinada de la tectónica neógena y los cambios climáticos del Pleistoceno.

[EN]This paper discusses the issue of the origin and maintenance of biodiversity on tropical mountains, with emphasis on the Neotropics, and concludes that present-day biodiversity patterns of highland biotas cannot be understood without the combined action of Neogene tectonics and Pleistocene climatic changes.

Funding was provided by the BBVA Foundation (projects BIOCON 2004-90 and BIOCON 2008-031) and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC, project 201430E007).

6 p., mapa col.

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Country

Spain

Related Organizations

Spanish National Research Council
Spain

Keywords

Diversificación, especiación, Neotropics, diversification, Speciation, Neotrópico, Pleistoceno, orogénesis, Especiación, climatic changes, Pleistocene, Neógeno, speciation, Cambios climáticos, Diversification, orogeny, diversificación, Climate change, Cambio climático, Neogene, cambios climáticos, Orogénesis, Orogeny

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