How effective is the Brazilian protected areas network in relation to snake conservation?

• Grant number: 23/07014-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: July 01, 2023
• End date: June 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Grantee: João Paulo dos Santos Vieira de Alencar
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/12658-4 - Challenges to the conservation of amphibians and squamate reptiles, with emphasis on the Brazilian fauna: from basic information to conservation actions, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

Critical evaluation of the effectiveness of the current conservation tools is an important step for conservation planning. Herein, we will evaluate the effectiveness of the Brazilian PA network for the conservation of the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of Brazilian snakes. We will use cutting-edge methods on gap analysis in conservation.

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)

VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO SANTOS; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SAWAYA, RICARDO JANNINI; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; VALDUJO, PAULA HANNA; DE NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO CAMPOS. In search of generality: Revised distribution data and regionalization of Cerrado endemic tetrapods. Journal of Biogeography, v. 51, n. 4, p. 14-pg., 2023-12-08. (23/07014-9, 02/00015-3, 07/51956-6, 00/06642-4, 15/20215-7, 20/12658-4, 17/23548-2, 98/05075-7, 11/20022-3)