The zoogeographic regions of the Aegean Sea: A multi-taxon approach
Date
2018Author
Triantis, KostasKougioumoutzis, Konstantinos
Legakis, Anastasios
Anastasiou, Ioannis
Andriopoulos, Pavlos
Georgiadis, Christos
Lymberakis, Petros
Oikonomou, Anthi
Probonas, Nikos
Proios, Kostas
Spaneli, Vasiliki
Simaiakis, Stylianos
Trichas, Apostolos
Trigas, Panayiotis
Vardinoyannis, Katerina
Sfenthourakis, Spyros
ISBN
978-9925-563-78-4Publisher
Broken Hill PublishersPlace of publication
NicosiaSource
Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Aegean. In honour of Prof. Moysis Mylonas.Pages
279-290Google Scholar check
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The Aegean archipelago is a typical archipelago of continental islands which stands at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. Herein we present one of the few global studies of bioregionalization, i.e., the process of identifying, delimiting and naming biogeographical regions, based on eight animal taxa, namely ants (Formicidae), land birds, reptiles and amphibians, land snails, terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea), tenebrionid beetles (Tenebrionidae), Lepidoptera, Orthoptera and centipedes (Chilopoda). Dispersal ability, ecological requirements, and endemism seem to shape the major biogeographical regions identified. Further insights on the processes establishing biodiversity patterns can be gained by such multi-taxon approaches.