Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Science. 2013 Jan 4;339(6115):74-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1228282. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a global map of zoogeographic regions by combining data on the distributions and phylogenetic relationships of 21,037 species of amphibians, birds, and mammals. We identify 20 distinct zoogeographic regions, which are grouped into 11 larger realms. We document the lack of support for several regions previously defined based on distributional data and show that spatial turnover in the phylogenetic composition of vertebrate assemblages is higher in the Southern than in the Northern Hemisphere. We further show that the integration of phylogenetic information provides valuable insight on historical relationships among regions, permitting the identification of evolutionarily unique regions of the world.
现代制作生物地理图的尝试主要集中在物种分布上，绘制地图时通常不考虑系统发育关系。在这里，我们结合了 21037 种两栖动物、鸟类和哺乳动物的分布和系统发育关系的数据，生成了一张全球动物地理区域图。我们确定了 20 个不同的动物地理区域，这些区域被分为 11 个更大的领域。我们记录了一些先前基于分布数据定义的区域缺乏支持，并表明在南半球，脊椎动物组合的系统发育组成的空间变化高于北半球。我们还表明，整合系统发育信息可以为区域之间的历史关系提供有价值的见解，从而确定世界上具有独特进化特征的区域。
