Distribución de los mamíferos terrestres en la región del Golfo de California, México

Abstract

WE DETERMINED THE INFLUENCE OF ABIOTIC (TOPOGRAPHY AND PRECIPITA- TION) AND BIOTIC (TYPES OF VEGETATION) FACTORS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA REGION, INCLUDING THE STATES OF BAJA CALIFOR- NIA, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, SONORA, SINALOA AND NAYARIT, MEXICO. A GENERALIZED LINEAL MODEL NESTING TOPOGRAPHY, PRECIPITATION, AND VEGETATION BEST EXPLAINED THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN THIS REGION. THESE RESULTS PIN- POINT TO A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS DEFINING THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPECIES.