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This book presents an evolutionary biogeographic analysis of the Mexican Transition Zone, which is situated in the overlap of the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. It includes a comprehensive review of previous track, cladistic and molecular biogeographic analyses and is illustrated with full color maps and vegetation photographs of the respective areas covered. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to students and researchers whose work involves systematic and biogeographic analyses of plant and animal taxa of the Mexican Transition Zone or other transition zones of the world, and to ecologists working in biodiversity conservation, who will be able to appreciate the evolutionary relevance of the Mexican Transition Zone for establishing conservation areas.

Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Ecology . --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Ecology. --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Botany --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy --- Zoology --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Plants --- Ecology --- Biogeography. --- Areography (Biology) --- Geographical distribution of animals and plants --- Species --- Species distribution --- Geography --- Geographical distribution --- Biogeografia --- Mèxic --- Corologia --- Corotips --- Distribució geogràfica d'animals i plantes --- Distribució geogràfica de les espècies --- Distribució geogràfica dels animals i les plantes --- Biologia --- Geografia --- Geografia humana --- Filogeografia --- Fitogeografia --- Paleobiogeografia --- Zoogeografia --- Introducció d'animals --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- México --- Amèrica del Nord --- Amèrica Central --- Baixa Califòrnia (Mèxic : Estat) --- Baixa Califòrnia Sud (Mèxic : Estat) --- Chiapas (Mèxic : Estat) --- Coahuila (Mèxic : Estat) --- Chihuahua (Mèxic : Estat) --- Durango (Mèxic : Estat) --- Guanajuato (Mèxic : Estat) --- Guerrero (Mèxic : Estat) --- Jalisco (Mèxic : Estat) --- Districte Federal (Mèxic) --- Mèxic (Mèxic : Estat) --- Michoacán (Mèxic : Estat) --- Morelos (Mèxic : Estat) --- h --- Nuevo León (Mèxic : Estat) --- Oaxaca (Mèxic : Estat) --- Puebla (Mèxic : Estat) --- Querétaro (Mèxic : Estat) --- Sinaloa (Mèxic : Estat) --- Sonora (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tabasco (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tamaulipas (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tlaxcala (Mèxic : Estat) --- Yucatán (Mèxic : Estat) --- Ciutat de Mèxic (Mèxic) --- Aguascalientes (Mèxic : Estat)

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Environmental and specific diversity in the Chihuahuan desert in general, and in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in particular, has long been recognized as outstanding. This book provides a global ecological overview, together with in-depth studies of specific processes. The Chihuahuan desert is the warmest in North America, and has a complex geologic, climatic and biogeographical history, which affects today’s distribution of vegetation and plants and generates complex phylogeographic patterns. The high number of endemic species reflects this complex set of traits. The modern distribution of environments, including aquatic and subaquatic systems, riparian environments, gypsum dunes and gypsum-rich soils, low levels of phosphorous and organic matter, and high salinity combined with an extreme climate call for a range of adaptations. Plants are distributed in a patchy pattern based on punctual variations, and many of them respond to different resources and conditions with considerable morphological plasticity. In terms of physiological, morphological and ecological variability, cacti were identified as the most important group in specific environments like bajadas, characterized by high diversity values, while gypsophytes and gypsovagues of different phylogenies, including species with restricted distribution and endemics.

Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Plant ecology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Plant physiology. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Plant Ecology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Plant Physiology. --- Botany --- Plants --- Physiology --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology --- Ecologia vegetal --- Plantes --- Deserts --- Mèxic --- Espais naturals --- Estepes --- Planures --- Regions àrides --- Desertització --- Ecologia dels deserts --- Herbes --- Plantes vasculares --- Plantes no vasculares --- Regne vegetal --- Vegetals --- Vida (Biologia) --- Arbres --- Criptògames --- Halòfits --- Males herbes --- Creixement (Plantes) --- Fanerògames --- Fecundació de les plantes --- Fitoplàncton --- Flora --- Flora urbana --- Flors --- Paleobotànica --- Plantes aquàtiques --- Plantes aromàtiques --- Plantes carnívores --- Flora amenaçada --- Plantes endèmiques --- Plantes farratgeres --- Plantes llenyoses --- Plantes paràsites --- Plantes silvestres --- Plantes suculentes --- Plantes transgèniques --- Plantes tropicals --- Plantes útils --- Botànica --- Vegetació --- Aclimatació (Plantes) --- Ecologia --- Al·lelopatia --- Associacions vegetals --- Corredors biològics --- Ecofisiologia vegetal --- Ecologia forestal --- Fenologia --- Fitogeografia --- Mecanismes de defensa en les plantes --- Saprofitisme --- Successió vegetal --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- México --- Amèrica del Nord --- Amèrica Central --- Baixa Califòrnia (Mèxic : Estat) --- Baixa Califòrnia Sud (Mèxic : Estat) --- Chiapas (Mèxic : Estat) --- Ciutat de Mèxic (Mèxic) --- Coahuila (Mèxic : Estat) --- Chihuahua (Mèxic : Estat) --- Durango (Mèxic : Estat) --- Guanajuato (Mèxic : Estat) --- Guerrero (Mèxic : Estat) --- Jalisco (Mèxic : Estat) --- Mèxic (Mèxic : Estat) --- Michoacán (Mèxic : Estat) --- Morelos (Mèxic : Estat) --- Nuevo León (Mèxic : Estat) --- Oaxaca (Mèxic : Estat) --- Puebla (Mèxic : Estat) --- Querétaro (Mèxic : Estat) --- Sinaloa (Mèxic : Estat) --- Sonora (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tabasco (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tamaulipas (Mèxic : Estat) --- Tlaxcala (Mèxic : Estat) --- Yucatán (Mèxic : Estat) --- Aguascalientes (Mèxic : Estat) --- Ecologia de les plantes --- Fitoecologia --- Relacions planta-sòl