The world animal geographical regionalization scheme and the plant geographical regionalization scheme have been formulated by zoologists and botanists respectively since the biogeography has been established.This res...The world animal geographical regionalization scheme and the plant geographical regionalization scheme have been formulated by zoologists and botanists respectively since the biogeography has been established.This research team initially confirmed the homogeneity of Chinese animal and plant geography.To explore the relationship between the distribution pattern of global animals,plants,and microorganisms,global 141,814 genera of terrestrial animals,17,526 genera of plants,21,321 genera of microorganisms,and their major taxa were analyzed using their proposed SGF(Similarity General Formula)and a new multivariate similarity clustering analysis method.Almost identical analytical results were obtained,meeting the requirements of statistics,geography,ecology and biology respectively.The expected consistency of their distribution pattern was achieved for the first time.We prove that the earth’s ecological conditions affect the homogeneity and accumulation of the distribution of animals,plants and microorganisms.Homogeneity determines the distribution pattern of global kinds of biological consistency,accumulation determines the impact of the evolutionary period on the breadth of distribution,microorganisms appear earliest,plants second,animals later,and their average distribution domain decreases in turn,reflecting these differences.Therefore,this study not only provides a theoretical basis and quantitative basis for the establishment of geographical regionalization scheme but also advances the development of biogeography to a new stage and raises the theory of biogeographic analysis to a new height.展开更多
After summary of the distribution data of 180,661 genera of terrestrial animals,plants,fungi,bacteria and viruses in the world,according to the ecological conditions such as topography and climate,the world land is di...After summary of the distribution data of 180,661 genera of terrestrial animals,plants,fungi,bacteria and viruses in the world,according to the ecological conditions such as topography and climate,the world land is divided into 67 BGUs(Basic Geographic Units),which are analyzed by four quantitative methods:Single linkage method,Average group linkage method,Sum of squares method and MSCA(Multivariate Similarity Clustering Analysis)method.The MSCA has stronger data mining ability than the first three traditional clustering methods,and can obtain more,more detailed,more accurate and more stable clustering results.According to the clustering results,the first world biogeographical regionalization system was established.This system not only affirms and supports the reasonable scientific core of the mammalian and flowering plant geographical division plan formulated by the predecessors of scholars in the 19th century,but also revises some imbalances in the division criteria and boundary determination caused by their qualitative methods,unifying various global geographical division plans emerging since the 21st century.展开更多
In this study,the world’s land(except Antarctica)is divided into 67 basic geographical units according to ecological types.Using our newly proposed MSCA(Multivariate Similarity Clustering Analysis)method,7,591 specie...In this study,the world’s land(except Antarctica)is divided into 67 basic geographical units according to ecological types.Using our newly proposed MSCA(Multivariate Similarity Clustering Analysis)method,7,591 species of modern terrestrial mammals belonging to 1,374 genera in 162 families and 2,378 species of mammals in the Wallace era before 1876 are quantitatively analyzed,and almost the same clustering results are obtained,with clear levels and reasonable clustering,which conform to the principles of geography,statistics,ecology and biology.It not only affirms and supports the reasonable kernel of Wallace’s scheme,but also puts forward suggestions that should be revised and improved.The large or small differences between the clustering results and the mammalian geographical zoning schemes of contemporary scholars are caused by different analysis methods,and they are highly consistent with the analysis results of chordates,angiosperms and insects in the world analyzed by the same method.Once again,it confirms the homogeneity of the global biological distribution pattern of major groups,and the possibility of building a unified biogeographic zoning system in the world.展开更多
文摘The world animal geographical regionalization scheme and the plant geographical regionalization scheme have been formulated by zoologists and botanists respectively since the biogeography has been established.This research team initially confirmed the homogeneity of Chinese animal and plant geography.To explore the relationship between the distribution pattern of global animals,plants,and microorganisms,global 141,814 genera of terrestrial animals,17,526 genera of plants,21,321 genera of microorganisms,and their major taxa were analyzed using their proposed SGF(Similarity General Formula)and a new multivariate similarity clustering analysis method.Almost identical analytical results were obtained,meeting the requirements of statistics,geography,ecology and biology respectively.The expected consistency of their distribution pattern was achieved for the first time.We prove that the earth’s ecological conditions affect the homogeneity and accumulation of the distribution of animals,plants and microorganisms.Homogeneity determines the distribution pattern of global kinds of biological consistency,accumulation determines the impact of the evolutionary period on the breadth of distribution,microorganisms appear earliest,plants second,animals later,and their average distribution domain decreases in turn,reflecting these differences.Therefore,this study not only provides a theoretical basis and quantitative basis for the establishment of geographical regionalization scheme but also advances the development of biogeography to a new stage and raises the theory of biogeographic analysis to a new height.
文摘After summary of the distribution data of 180,661 genera of terrestrial animals,plants,fungi,bacteria and viruses in the world,according to the ecological conditions such as topography and climate,the world land is divided into 67 BGUs(Basic Geographic Units),which are analyzed by four quantitative methods:Single linkage method,Average group linkage method,Sum of squares method and MSCA(Multivariate Similarity Clustering Analysis)method.The MSCA has stronger data mining ability than the first three traditional clustering methods,and can obtain more,more detailed,more accurate and more stable clustering results.According to the clustering results,the first world biogeographical regionalization system was established.This system not only affirms and supports the reasonable scientific core of the mammalian and flowering plant geographical division plan formulated by the predecessors of scholars in the 19th century,but also revises some imbalances in the division criteria and boundary determination caused by their qualitative methods,unifying various global geographical division plans emerging since the 21st century.
基金supported by the key laboratory foundation of Henna(112300413221).
文摘In this study,the world’s land(except Antarctica)is divided into 67 basic geographical units according to ecological types.Using our newly proposed MSCA(Multivariate Similarity Clustering Analysis)method,7,591 species of modern terrestrial mammals belonging to 1,374 genera in 162 families and 2,378 species of mammals in the Wallace era before 1876 are quantitatively analyzed,and almost the same clustering results are obtained,with clear levels and reasonable clustering,which conform to the principles of geography,statistics,ecology and biology.It not only affirms and supports the reasonable kernel of Wallace’s scheme,but also puts forward suggestions that should be revised and improved.The large or small differences between the clustering results and the mammalian geographical zoning schemes of contemporary scholars are caused by different analysis methods,and they are highly consistent with the analysis results of chordates,angiosperms and insects in the world analyzed by the same method.Once again,it confirms the homogeneity of the global biological distribution pattern of major groups,and the possibility of building a unified biogeographic zoning system in the world.
