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      Biogeographic regionalization of the Neotropical region: New map and shapefile

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          Abstract We provide a map and shapefile of the 57 biogeographic provinces of the Neotropical region. Recognition of these provinces is based on their endemic species, but their delimitation on the map is based on ecoregions combining climatic, geological, and biotic criteria. These provinces belong to the Antillean, Brazilian and Chacoan subregions, and the Mexican and South American transition zones. We provide a vector file of the biogeographical regionalization by converting the map into a polygon shapefile and a raster file with all provinces.

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          Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth

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            Mexican biogeographic provinces: Map and shapefiles

            We provide a map of the 14 biogeographic provinces of Mexico based on the ecoregions recognized for the country, which combine climatic, geological and biotic criteria. These provinces belong to the Nearctic region (Californian, Baja Californian, Sonoran, Chihuahuan Desert and Tamaulipas provinces), Neotropical region (Pacific Lowlands, Balsas Basin, Veracruzan and Yucatán Peninsula provinces) and the Mexican transition zone (Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur and Chiapas Highlands provinces). In order to facilitate future biogeographic analyses, we provide a file of the biogeographical regionalisation of Mexico by converting the map into a polygon shapefile and a raster file with all provinces. We also separately provide each of the provinces in vector and raster format. All the maps are in geographical and Lambert Conformal Conic projections. 
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              Biogeographical regionalisation of the Andean region.

              A biogeographic regionalisation of the Andean region is proposed as a hierarchical classification of sub-regions, provinces, sub-provinces and districts. It is based on biogeographic analyses of terrestrial plant and animal taxa, and seeks to provide universality, objectivity and stability. The Andean region is currently comprised of the Central Chilean, Subantarctic and Patagonian sub-regions and the South American transition zone, 15 provinces, five sub-provinces and 81 districts. Complete synonymies and brief descriptions of the areas are provided, as well as the endemic taxa that diagnose the provinces.
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                aabc
                Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
                An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
                Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0001-3765
                1678-2690
                2022
                : 94
                : 1
                : e20211167
                Affiliations
                [1] Mexico City orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Mexico
                [5] Sincelejo Sucre orgnameUniversidad de Sucre orgdiv1Departamento de Biología y Química Colombia
                [4] Córdoba Córdoba orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Río Cuarto orgdiv1Departamento de Ciencias Naturales Argentina
                [3] Mexico City orgnameUnidad de Geomática orgdiv1Instituto de Ecología Mexico
                [2] Mexico City orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Mexico
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                S0001-37652022000101307 S0001-3765(22)09400101307
                10.1590/0001-3765202220211167
                35107518
                16cde26b-63fe-4150-99f2-048ce49445e5

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 20 August 2021
                : 11 September 2021
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 25, Pages: 0
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                SciELO Brazil

                Categories
                Animal Science

                transition zones,biogeographic provinces,Neotropics,regionalization

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