Resumo
Abstract: The Andean mountains exerted an important role in the formation of the Western South American Dry Diagonal (wSADD), which comprehends the Peruvian and Atacama deserts, Puna, the Monte desert, and the Patagonian steppes. However, little is known about how geological-climatic processes affected the distribution of species in the wSADD and adjacent environments. There is urgency in…