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Geographical Distribution of Testate Amoebae in Tibet and Northwestern Yunnan and their Relationships with Climate

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In Asia, especially in China, our knowledge of the distribution of testate amoebae is still limited. In this paper, the geographical distribution of testate amoebae in Tibetan Plateau and northwestern Yunnan Plateau, southwest China and their relationships with the climatic factors have been studied. We found testate amoebae shifted in the most dominant species and increased in species (or genus) richness from northwest to southeast. Further, the linear regression analyses revealed that both species richness and genus richness have higher positive correlations with the mean temperature of the warmest month and annual mean precipitation as contrasted with the mean altitude, which showed weak negative correlation. This indicates that the temperature and precipitation are more significant influences on the richness than the altitude. The cluster analysis based on the community structure, defined by Sørenson’s coefficient matrix, suggested four groups from the 10 physiographical regions. This geographical distribution pattern was also closely related with the climatic regionalization. The present climatic regionalization pattern of the study area originated from the uplift of Tibetan Plateau and mainly occurred in or after the late Pleistocene. Therefore, the geographical distribution of testate amoebae in our study area may have experienced complicated and drastic changes corresponding to the variation of the climate caused by the geological events.

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    Jun Yang, Wenjing Zhang, Weisong Feng & Yunfen Shen

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Yang, J., Zhang, W., Feng, W. et al. Geographical Distribution of Testate Amoebae in Tibet and Northwestern Yunnan and their Relationships with Climate. Hydrobiologia 559, 297–304 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-9400-8

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