The boundary of palaearctic and oriental realms in western China  

作　　者：Ling Chen Yanling Song Shufang Xu 

机构地区：[1]Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China [2]Graduate-University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China [3]National Science Foundation of China, Beijing 100085, China [4]Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China [5]Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China

出　　处：《Progress in Natural Science:Materials International》2008年第7期833-841,共9页自然科学进展·国际材料（英文版）

摘　　要：In the world-wide zoogeographic division, there has been no consentaneous understanding about the delimitation between palaearctic and oriental realms in western China. In this study, we will discuss the division based on amphibian distribution in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet according to species coefficient similarity between each zoogeographic province. The results show that the northern border lies from Qinling Mountains–Feng Xian (Shaanxi)–Debu (Gansu)–Aba (Sichuan)–Batang–Bomi (Tibet), to Linzhi districts, and the southern border is from Taibai–Feng Xian in Shaanxi–Wen Xian (Gansu)–Songpan–Kangding–Daocheng (Sichuan), to Zhongdian–Gongshan in Yunnan, and westward to Motuo and Bomi district in Tibet.In the world-wide zoogeographic division, there has been no consentaneous understanding about the delimitation between palaearctic and oriental realms in western China. In this study, we will discuss the division based on amphibian distribution in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet according to species coefficient similarity between each zoogeographic province. The results show that the northern border lies from Qinling Mountains Feng Xian （Shaanxi） Debu （Gansu） Aba （Sichuan） Batang-Bomi （Tibet）, to Linzhi districts, and the southern border is from Taibai-Feng Xian in Shaanxi-Wen Xian （Gansu） Songpan-Kangding-Daocheng （Sichuan）, to Zhongdian-Gongshan in Yunnan, and westward to Motuo and Bomi district in Tibet.

关 键 词：AMPHIBIAN ZOOGEOGRAPHY PALAEARCTIC ORIENTAL Hengduan Mt. 

分 类 号：Q958.2[生物学—动物学]