Biogeography of the Carpathians: evolutionary and spatial facets of biodiversity
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F16%3A10331665" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/16:10331665 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12918" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12918</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12918" target="_blank" >10.1111/bij.12918</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biogeography of the Carpathians: evolutionary and spatial facets of biodiversity
Original language description
The Carpathians are the largest mountain range in Central Europe. Their geographical position, extent, isolation, landscape heterogeneity, well-preserved environment, and relatively low impact of Quaternary glaciations make them of utmost importance for studies on European biodiversity and biogeography. In this review, introducing a Special Issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, we provide an overview of current research and focus on three main aspects: (1) distribution patterns and species richness including endemism; (2) phylogeographical patterns, inference of major barriers, and divergence areas; and (3) cytological studies and cytogeography inferred from vascular plant polyploid complexes. Our survey shows that, although accurate estimation is not possible for several important taxonomic entities because of unavailable or dispersed data, the Carpathians are a clear hotspot of European diversity for many groups of organisms, such as mammals, breeding birds, amphibians, lichens, and vascular plants. Certain groups, not necessarily those with high species richness, are rich in endemic taxa. This holds mainly for subterranean invertebrates, molluscs, grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, and vascular plants. Distribution patterns of endemic richness vary across taxonomic groups, as well as geographically, reflecting both history and habitat features. In general, the South-Eastern Carpathians have a significantly higher proportion of endemic taxa than the northerly-situated Western Carpathians. Molecular clock-based estimations have provided some insight into the diversification age of the Carpathian biota, including a Tertiary origin for some endemic taxa and lineages, especially those confined to environmentally stable habitats.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EF - Botany
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
ISSN
0024-4066
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
119
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
32
Pages from-to
528-559
UT code for WoS article
000386919400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84992677731