Spatial Congruence Analysis (SCAN): A method for detecting biogeographical patterns based on species range congruences.

Species with congruent geographical distributions, potentially caused by common historical and ecological spatial processes, constitute biogeographical units called chorotypes. Nevertheless, the degree of spatial range congruence characterizing these groups of species is rarely used as an explicit p...

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Main Authors: Cassiano A F R Gatto, Mario Cohn-Haft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245818