Flora and Fauna
Flora and Fauna
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植物群和动物群
DOI：
10.1007/978-94-009-2141-2_2
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发表时间：
1990
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通讯作者：
A. Veloso
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作者：
Á. Spotorno;A. Veloso
从中新世到更新世，安第斯山脉的多次隆起隔离了南美大陆的很大一部分，创造了导致两个新的高海拔生命带出现的条件：北部帕拉莫斯和南部高原。我们在这里研究高原现在的普遍状况，以及它们如何与其动植物群目前的分布模式相关。我们还描述了这些条件如何影响永久人类住区的发展，特别是通过农业的出现和该地区动物的驯化，无论是作为驮兽，还是作为食物来源，或两者兼而有之。
The various rises of the Andes from Miocene to Pleistocene times have isolated a substantial portion of the South American continent, producing conditions that resulted in the emergence of two new high altitude life zones: the northern Paramos and the southern altiplano. We examine here the conditions prevailing in the altiplano now, and how they can be related to the present distributional patterns of its flora and fauna. We also describe how such conditions might have influenced the development of permanent human settlements, particularly through the emergence of agriculture and the domestication of the region’s animals, either as beasts of burden, or sources of food, or both.