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Synthetic cartography for mapping biodiversity in the Mediterranean region: Sicily as a case study

Abstract. This paper proposes a new hierarchical land classification system for the mapping of species distribution at national or regional scales. Our integrative framework incorporates two hierarchical levels inferred from historical, climatic, geomorphological and geological attributes. The feasi...

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Autores principales: Domina, Gianniantonio, Venturella, Giuseppe, Gargano, Maria Letizia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364914
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.109.28297
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author Domina, Gianniantonio
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description Abstract. This paper proposes a new hierarchical land classification system for the mapping of species distribution at national or regional scales. Our integrative framework incorporates two hierarchical levels inferred from historical, climatic, geomorphological and geological attributes. The feasibility of this proposal is based on the use of historical collections and literature data, as well as on its ability to combine old low-precision data with more recent records of higher resolution. The system is set up for vascular plants, but it can also be used for other taxonomic groups. Furthermore, it has the potential for application to the whole Mediterranean region because it is based on information that is generally available in all Mediterranean countries. This model is tested with the distribution of loci classici of the Italian endemic plants occurring in Sicily.
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spelling pubmed-61993462018-10-24 Synthetic cartography for mapping biodiversity in the Mediterranean region: Sicily as a case study Domina, Gianniantonio Venturella, Giuseppe Gargano, Maria Letizia PhytoKeys Research Article Abstract. This paper proposes a new hierarchical land classification system for the mapping of species distribution at national or regional scales. Our integrative framework incorporates two hierarchical levels inferred from historical, climatic, geomorphological and geological attributes. The feasibility of this proposal is based on the use of historical collections and literature data, as well as on its ability to combine old low-precision data with more recent records of higher resolution. The system is set up for vascular plants, but it can also be used for other taxonomic groups. Furthermore, it has the potential for application to the whole Mediterranean region because it is based on information that is generally available in all Mediterranean countries. This model is tested with the distribution of loci classici of the Italian endemic plants occurring in Sicily. Pensoft Publishers 2018-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6199346/ /pubmed/30364914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.109.28297 Text en Gianniantonio Domina, Giuseppe Venturella, Maria Letizia Gargano http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199346/
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