Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs
Faunal structure, species relationships and distribution patterns of Pronophilina butterflies, a Neotropical montane section of the Satyrinae (Nymphalidae), of 5 isolated north Andean massifs —Cordillera de Mérida, Sierra El Tamá, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cordillera de la Costa and Sierra de P...
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Faunal structure, species relationships and distribution patterns of Pronophilina butterflies, a Neotropical montane section of the Satyrinae (Nymphalidae), of 5 isolated north Andean massifs —Cordillera de Mérida, Sierra El Tamá, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cordillera de la Costa and Sierra de Perijá— are analyzed from the island biogeography perspective. El Tamá range, a part of the “continental” Eastern Cordillera, is considered as the source area of the faunas of the Sierra de Perijá and the Cordillera de Mérida, which in turn are stepping stones for the dispersal of species to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Cordillera de La Costa. The role of major biogeographical variables is evaluated in the process of colonization of these areas. It is conlcuded that the maximum elevation between the neighbouring ranges is the most important variable, not the distance. This is related to the fact that dispersal in this group of butterflies seems to occur by slow expansion through ecological corridors not by long distance flights. Faunal relationships between the 5 ranges and the elevational bands occupied by widespread and endemic species allow inferring the extent of vertical movements of cloud forests in the past.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5d34001cffe44527adfb46f964dc2f882025-08-20T01:49:51ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad1870-34532007-87062019-09-0190110.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2796Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifsOscar Mahecha0Rafał Garlacz1M. Gonzalo Andrade2Carlos Prieto3Tomasz W. Pyrcz4Zoological Division of the Nature Education Centre, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 5-30-387 Kraków,Poland Instituto de Ciencias Naturales ICN Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá,Colombia Evolutionary Ecology and Tropical Biogeography Group ECOBIT Bogotá,ColombiaZoological Division of the Nature Education Centre, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 5, 30-387, Kraków, PolandInstituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá D.C., ColombiaDepartamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Km 7 Antigua vía Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, ColombiaEntomology Department, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 5, 30-387, Kraków, Poland Faunal structure, species relationships and distribution patterns of Pronophilina butterflies, a Neotropical montane section of the Satyrinae (Nymphalidae), of 5 isolated north Andean massifs —Cordillera de Mérida, Sierra El Tamá, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cordillera de la Costa and Sierra de Perijá— are analyzed from the island biogeography perspective. El Tamá range, a part of the “continental” Eastern Cordillera, is considered as the source area of the faunas of the Sierra de Perijá and the Cordillera de Mérida, which in turn are stepping stones for the dispersal of species to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Cordillera de La Costa. The role of major biogeographical variables is evaluated in the process of colonization of these areas. It is conlcuded that the maximum elevation between the neighbouring ranges is the most important variable, not the distance. This is related to the fact that dispersal in this group of butterflies seems to occur by slow expansion through ecological corridors not by long distance flights. Faunal relationships between the 5 ranges and the elevational bands occupied by widespread and endemic species allow inferring the extent of vertical movements of cloud forests in the past. https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/2796Biogeographical barriersCloud forestsEcological corridorsEndemismSource area |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Mahecha Rafał Garlacz M. Gonzalo Andrade Carlos Prieto Tomasz W. Pyrcz Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Biogeographical barriers Cloud forests Ecological corridors Endemism Source area |
| title | Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs |
| title_full | Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs |
| title_fullStr | Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs |
| title_short | Island biogeography in continental areas: inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of Pronophilina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in the north Andean massifs |
| title_sort | island biogeography in continental areas inferring dispersal based on distributional patterns of pronophilina butterflies nymphalidae satyrinae in the north andean massifs |
| topic | Biogeographical barriers Cloud forests Ecological corridors Endemism Source area |
| url | https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/2796 |
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