Table 8

South American climatic dominions

Abbr.

Name

Climate zone

I (C)

Amazon rainforest

I

I (NO)

Colombian Choco rainforest

I

I (E)

Brazilian Atlantic forest

I

II (NO)

Andean Tropical dry forest

II

II (C)

Brazilian Cerrado

II

II (N)

Llanos of Venezuela

II

II/III (E)

Caatinga shrubland

II/III

II/III (S)

Chaco and Pampa grassland and Shrubland

II/III

II/III (N)

Maracaibo shrubland

II/III

III (N)

Atacama desert

III

III (S)

Monte desert

III

IV (SO)

Sclerophyllous Chilean shrubland

IV

V (SE)

Guarani subtropical forest

V

V (SO)

Valdivian warm temperate forest

V

VI (SO)

Magellanic subpolar forest

VI

VII (SE)

Patagonian grassland

VII

See Figure 8 for abbreviations.

Bofarull et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:97   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-97