Endemism: Origins and implications

Citation
Aa. Myers et S. De Grave, Endemism: Origins and implications, VIE MILIEU, 50(4), 2000, pp. 195-203
Citations number
25
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
VIE ET MILIEU-LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
0240-8759 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
195 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0240-8759(200012)50:4<195:EOAI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
All taxa are endemic and occur in nested distributions at a range of spatia l scales. Distinguishing endemics as either neoendemics or palaeoendemics m ay not be of practical value in analytical biogeography, but distinguishing extinction mediated endemics (cryptoendemics) from endemics which never ha d a significantly wider range (euendemics) would be useful for interpreting the history of geographic areas. Only cladistic phylogeny provides a tool for distinguishing these two types of endemic.