TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF RODENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ASIAN ECOLOGICAL TRANSECT

Citation
Vv. Bobrov et Vm. Neronov, TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF RODENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ASIAN ECOLOGICAL TRANSECT, Izvestia Akademii nauk SSSR. Seria biologiceskaa, (4), 1995, pp. 462-467
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
ISSN journal
00023329
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
462 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-3329(1995):4<462:TDORWT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The diversity of rodents is considered at various taxonomic levels wit hin the limits of the Asian ecological transect, which crosses Asia fr om the Taimyr Peninsula in the north to the southern coast of Indostan and embraces territories of seven countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrg yzstan, Mongolia, China, Nepal, and India. The highest diversity of ro dents is observed in the south of West Siberia and in mountains of Mid dle Asia. The least number of all taxa was noted in the Taimyr Peninsu la and in the Tibet region.