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Desde la areografía de Rapoport a los 30 años de la macroecología: Síntesis de la contribución argentina

2021; Volume: 31; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.25260/ea.21.31.1.0.1134

1667-782X

Paula Nilda Fergnani, Julieta Filloy,

Species Distribution and Climate Change

Since the appearance of Areography and the consolidation of macroecology in the ‘80s, research focused on the general laws that govern the distribution of organisms on the planet has increased markedly. Eduardo Rapoport has left a legacy in Argentina and in the world. We ask to what extent Argentinian ecologists incorporate the macroecological approach, interact with foreign researchers, are inserted in the international level and what are the main focuses of their studies. We searched for articles in Scopus containing the words macroecología, areografía, macroecology and areography, and Argentina in the affiliation. We found 253 articles that show that, with a decade of delay, the number of macroecological articles published by Argentinian authors over time increases with a trend similar to the global one. Currently, 30 citations are made to Areography per year in international studies. Most of the Argentinian authors published a maximum of two articles, while the minority published between 3 and 22, suggesting that the increasing trend is based on eventual contributions rather than on research programs on macroecology. Most of the Argentinian articles focused on the study of distribution areas, geographic species ranges and their patterns and species richness. The most studied taxonomic group was that of invertebrates, likely explained by Argentinian macroecology idiosyncrasy. In 70% of the studies, the correspondence author was Argentinian, suggesting a leading role. The journals in which Argentinian manuscripts were published most frequently matched with those where international papers were published. Argentina is clearly inserted in international macroecology; the establishment of regular programs with a macroecological focus is a relatively vacant area plenty of possibilities for its expansion.