iTUPA: an online automated application to perform Topographic-Unit Parsimony Analysis

Author(s)

Hammoud, Muhsen ^[1] ; Santos, Charles Morphy D. ^[2] ; Gois, Joao Paulo ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Fed Univ ABC, Ctr Math Comp & Cognit, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

^[2] Fed Univ ABC, Ctr Nat & Human Sci, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Bioinformatics; v. 35, n. 22, p. 4818-4820, NOV 15 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

A Summary: iTUPA is a free online application for automatizing the Topographic-Unit Parsimony Analysis (TUPA), which identifies areas of endemism based on topography. iTUPA generates species-occurrences matrices based on user-defined topographic units (TUs) and provides a parsimony analysis of the generated matrix. We tested iTUPA after a proposal of regionalization for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. iTUPA can handle millions of species registers simultaneously and uses Google Earth high-definition maps to visually explore the endemism data. We believe iTUPA is a useful tool for further discussions on biodiversity conservation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/11768-8 - Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Diptera in the Atlantic Forest: analysis of form, time and space emphasizing the infraorder Tabanomorpha (Diptera, Brachycera)
• Grantee: Charles Morphy Dias dos Santos
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants