RT Journal Article
T1 Floristic similarities between the lichen flora of both sides of the drake passage: a biogeographical approach
A1 García Sancho, Leopoldo
A1 Aramburu, Ana
A1 Etayo, Javier
A1 Beltrán Sanz, Núria
AB This paper analyses the lichen flora of Navarino Island (Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn Region, Chile), identifying species shared with the South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Peninsula). In this common flora, species are grouped by their biogeographic origin (Antarctic–subantarctic endemic, austral, bipolar, and cosmopolitan), their habitat on Navarino Island (coastal, forest, and alpine), their morphotype (crustaceous, foliaceous, fruticulose, and cladonioid), and the substrate from which they were collected (epiphytic, terricolous and humicolous, and saxicolous). A total of 124 species have been recognised as common on both sides of the Drake Passage, predominantly bipolar, crustaceous, and saxicolous species, and with an alpine distribution on Navarino Island. The most interesting fact is that more than 30% of the flora is shared between the southern tip of South America and the western Antarctic Peninsula, which is an indication of the existence of a meridian flow of propagules capable of crossing the Antarctic polar front.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-12-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104613
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104613
LA eng
NO Sancho LG, Aramburu A, Etayo J, Beltrán-Sanz N. Floristic Similarities between the Lichen Flora of Both Sides of the Drake Passage: A Biogeographical Approach. JoF. 2023;10(1):9.
NO 2023 Descuento MDPI
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025