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- Title
Areas and algorithms: evaluating numerical approaches for the delimitation of areas of endemism in the Canary Islands archipelago.
- Authors
Carine, Mark A.; Humphries, Christopher J.; Guma, I. Rosana; Reyes-Betancort, J. Alfredo; Santos Guerra, Arnoldo
- Abstract
Aim Areas of endemism are the fundamental units of cladistic biogeographical analysis but there is no consensus on the most appropriate method for their delimitation. In this paper, the relative performance of a number of algorithmic approaches for the delimitation of areas of endemism is investigated within the context of the Canary Islands flora, and areas of endemism within the Canary Islands archipelago are defined. Location The Canary Islands. Methods A data matrix comprising the distributions of 609 endemic spermatophyte taxa ( c. 90% of the endemic flora) scored on a 10 × 10 km UTM grid was analysed using: (1) UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean) clustering of Jaccard and Kulczynski similarity coefficient matrices, (2) parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE), and (3) the programndm (eNDeMism). The performance of each method was then determined by the extent to which the resulting areas of endemism met three criteria: (1) possession of two or more strict endemic taxa, (2) diagnosability, and (3) geographical contiguity. Results Each of the four methods resulted in substantially different sets of areas.ndm analysis resolved 17 areas of endemism consistent with all three criteria, and collectively these accounted for 59% of all cells. In the hierarchical analyses none of the methods recovered more than eight areas of endemism, and the total coverage of cells ranged from 13% to 33% when the results were confined to intra-island areas of endemism. Main conclusions ndm outperforms hierarchical clustering methods in terms of both the number of intra-island areas of endemism delimited that meet the three evaluation criteria and the total coverage of those areas.ndm may also be considered preferable because it is non-hierarchical, incorporates spatial information into the delimitation of areas, and permits overlap between areas of endemism where there is evidence to support it. The results support the use ofndm as the most appropriate method currently available for the delimitation of areas of endemism. The areas of endemism identified by thendm analysis are discussed.
- Subjects
CANARY Islands; ARCHIPELAGOES; ALGORITHMS; CLADISTIC analysis; PHENETICS; PARSIMONIOUS models; CELLS
- Publication
Journal of Biogeography, 2009, Vol 36, Issue 4, p593
- ISSN
0305-0270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02016.x