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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Biogeography and conservation of viperids from North-West Africa: An application of ecological niche-based models and GIS
Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 75, No. 11, Year 2011
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North-West Africa is an outstanding region to study biogeographic patterns in biodiversity distribution. This study identifies biogeographic affinities and areas of probable occurrence for seven viperid snakes through the combination of high resolution presence data and environmental factors. Vipers exhibited distinct biogeographical affinities: Bitis arietans was mostly found along savannahs, Echis leucogaster along the Sahel/savannahs, Cerastes cerastes and C. vipera throughout most desertic areas, Daboia mauritanica in coastal and hilly regions and Vipera latastei and V. monticola in almost only mountains. Suitable habitats were predicted for B. arietans in southern Senegal and Mali, and coastal southern Morocco, for E. leucogaster in southern Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, and fragmented habitats in Saharan mountains and south-western Morocco, for C. cerastes from the Atlantic coast to northern Algeria, for C. vipera in the central region, for D. mauritanica in northern-western Morocco and northern Algeria, for V. latastei in the Rif, Middle Atlas and coastal Morocco, and for V. monticola in the High Atlas. In potential sympatric areas, competition is probably limiting distribution, resulting in parapatric ranges. Northern Saharan populations of B. arietans and E. leucogaster are isolated. Saharan mountains and coastal south-western Morocco constitute isolated suitable areas for sub-Saharan relicts. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brito, J. C.
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Fahd, Soumia
Morocco, Tetouan
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi
Géniez, Philippe H.
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Martínez-Freiría, Fernando
Portugal, Fornelo e Vairao
Cibio - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Pleguezuelos, Juan Manuel
Spain, Granada
Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias
Trape, Jean François
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 64
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.06.006
ISSN:
01401963
e-ISSN:
1095922X
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Algeria
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Senegal