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	Patterns of ecosystem functioning as a tool for biological regionalization: the case of the Mediterranean-desert-tropical transition of Baja California
	Cazorla, Beatriz P.; Garcillan, Pedro P.; Cabello, Javier; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo; Reyes, Andres; Penas, Julio
通讯作者	Cazorla, BP (corresponding author), Univ Almeria, Dept Biol & Geol, Ctra Sacramento S-N, E-04120 Almeria, Spain. ; Cazorla, BP (corresponding author), Univ Almeria, Andalusian Ctr Assessment & Monitoring Global Cha, Ctra Sacramento S-N, E-04120 Almeria, Spain.
来源期刊	MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY
ISSN	2603-9109
出版年	2021
卷号	42
英文摘要	Large-scale ecological variations across Earth have impor t a n t consequences for biodiversity and, therefore, for biological conservation. Despite the widespread use of ecological maps in conservation schemes, they have been based mainly on structural and compositional features but scarcely on functional dimensions of life. Incorporating functional variables complements and improves the descriptions of regionalizations and offers a new understanding of biodiversity patterns. The development of remote sensing measurement allows for the description of the functional patterns of ecosystems through Ecosystem Functional Types (EFTs), opening new opportunities to analyze the geography of life. This article aims to examine the relationships between ecological regionalization based on components and structure and patterns of ecosystem functioning. As proof of case, we chose the Baja California peninsula, whose singularity has generated a rich variety of ecological and biogeographical interpretations, mainly based on ecosystem components and structure. We hypothesize that patterns in ecosystem functioning reflect ecoregionalization based on composition and structure features. We identified Ecosystem Functional Types (EFTs), from three descriptors of the seasonal curves of MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2001 to 2017. We characterized each ecoregion in terms of ecosystem functioning and we carried out a correspondence analysis between the EFTs classification and the ecoregions. At a large scale, EFTs showed a pattern with three general regions from northwest to south, capturing the north-south transition of climatic regimes shown in the ecoregions map, from the northwestern Mediterranean area to the southern tropical zone, with a desert transition area between them. However, differences between the functional characterization and some ecoregions were detected in ecoregions identified as discrepancy areas between authors. In particular, some ecoregions considered Mediterranean showed a Desert character in its functioning, and others considered as Desert were Tropical functionally. EFTs remotely sensed measured at regional scales provide the basis for a more comprehensive regionalization of geographical patterns of life and, therefore, an improvement for future conservation purposes.
英文关键词	Conservation Ecosystem Functional Types Ecoregions Functional biodiversity Functional geography Remote sensing
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000716298100001
WOS关键词	BIODIVERSITY ; DIVERSITY ; ECOREGIONS ; INDICATORS ; PENINSULA ; REGIONS ; FOREST ; PLANT ; SCRUB ; LIFE
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369050
作者单位	[Cazorla, Beatriz P.; Cabello, Javier] Univ Almeria, Dept Biol & Geol, Ctra Sacramento S-N, E-04120 Almeria, Spain; [Cazorla, Beatriz P.; Cabello, Javier; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo; Reyes, Andres; Penas, Julio] Univ Almeria, Andalusian Ctr Assessment & Monitoring Global Cha, Ctra Sacramento S-N, E-04120 Almeria, Spain; [Garcillan, Pedro P.] Northwestern Ctr Biol Res CIBNOR, Av Inst Politecn Nacl 195, La Paz 23096, BCS, Mexico; [Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo] Univ Granada, Dept Bot, Av Fuentenueva S-N, Granada 18071, Spain; [Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo] Univ Granada, IECOLAB Interuniv Inst Earth Syst Res IISTA, Ave Mediterraneo S-N, E-18006 Granada, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cazorla, Beatriz P.,Garcillan, Pedro P.,Cabello, Javier,et al. Patterns of ecosystem functioning as a tool for biological regionalization: the case of the Mediterranean-desert-tropical transition of Baja California[J],2021,42.
APA	Cazorla, Beatriz P.,Garcillan, Pedro P.,Cabello, Javier,Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo,Reyes, Andres,&Penas, Julio.(2021).Patterns of ecosystem functioning as a tool for biological regionalization: the case of the Mediterranean-desert-tropical transition of Baja California.MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY,42.
MLA	Cazorla, Beatriz P.,et al."Patterns of ecosystem functioning as a tool for biological regionalization: the case of the Mediterranean-desert-tropical transition of Baja California".MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY 42(2021).