Macroecology of anuran amphibians from Cerrado and Atlantic Forest: species distribution modelling, influence of climate changes and priority areas for conservation

• Grant number: 13/25145-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Tiago da Silveira Vasconcelos
• Grantee: João Lucas Piubeli Doro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências (FC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/18510-0 - Macroecology of anuran amphibians from Cerrado and Atlantic Forest: species distribution modelling, influence of climate changes and priority areas for conservation, AP.PFPMCG.JP

Abstract

We intend to determine the potential distribution of four anuran species that had their distribution presumably reduced by habitat destruction. Specifically, we will model the species distribution considering: a) only climatic variables; b) climatic variables and original vegetation cover; and c) climatic variables and actual (fragmented) vegetation cover. Therefore, we expect to find differences on the extent of occurrence of species among the maps generated by different variables. These differences is expected to be related to the vegetation cover of the selected geographic area.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VASCONCELOS, TIAGO S.; DORO, JOO LUCAS P.. Assessing how habitat loss restricts the geographic range of Neotropical anurans. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, v. 31, n. 6, p. 913-921, NOV 2016. (13/25145-1, 12/07765-0, 11/18510-0)