The biogeography of ecoregions: Descriptive power across regions and taxa

Biomes, biogeographical realms and ecoregions have become central concepts of biotic organization and biodiversity research. Recent data‐intensive analysis has shown that, while ecoregions do delineate biotic communities, how distinct they are from one another varies considerably across regions and taxa. Given their central importance to global models of the earth system and to the development of conservation plans, it is key to understand in what regions, and for which taxa, ecoregion classification schemes best describe the underlying variability in biological communities.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2020-05-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13871
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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