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Biogeographic tools help to assess the effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of anurans in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Southeastern Brazil

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Author(s):
Peixoto, Marco Antonio [1, 2] ; Guedes, Thais B. [3, 4] ; da Silva, Emanuel Teixeira [5, 6] ; Feio, Renato N. [2] ; Romano, Pedro Seyferth R. [2]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Vicosa, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Vicosa 36570900, MG - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Biol Anim, Vicosa 36570900, MG - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Maranhao, Programa Posgrad Biodiversidade Ambiente & Saude, Caxias 65064380, Maranhao - Brazil
[4] Univ Gothenburg, Gothenburg Global Biodivers Ctr, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, SE-40530 Gothenburg - Sweden
[5] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, Belo Horizonte 31270901, MG - Brazil
[6] Ctr Univ Caratinga UNEC, Caratinga 35300345, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION; v. 54, APR 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Herein, we present the first comprehensive study of anurans biogeography and conservation in an important mountain chain of the Atlantic Forest bioregion (AF), the Mantiqueira Mountain Range (MMR). We use biotic element analyses to test biogeographical units previously established through a preliminary Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity based on the distribution of anuran species found on the MMR. Furthermore, we assess the actual status of species richness, endemism, weighted endemism, and discuss conservation strategies based on habitat loss, and protected areas (PA) representativeness for the Areas of Endemism and biotic elements (BEs) recovered. We found nine biogeographical units in MMR. Biodiversity metrics identified small patches of high biodiversity throughout MMR, including five that match with the BEs. All BEs recovered present a massive rate of habitat loss and four of them are poorly safeguarded in established protected areas. Our analysis enables linking the BEs of anurans to different areas topographically delimited along the MMR, probably due to the historical process related to climate shifts of the AF. We hypothesize that vicariant speciation should have been a strong driver of diversification in Anura. However, the current MMR protected area system is not safeguarding most of the areas of biogeographical relevance detected in our analyses. The results found here could be used to provide guidance to establish or review current protected areas delimitations, which demonstrate the inefficiency of the current PA system in safeguarding biodiversity. The ad hoc manner to establish protected areas is failing to preserve anuran biodiversity and therefore the evolutionary history of MMR. Although our results are focused solely on anurans, the biogeographical units found represent the biogeographic history of MMR and should be used as an objective and effective criteria to improve the conservation strategies and planning of protective areas. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/04170-8 - Historical biogeography of the snakes from open landscapes in South America
Grantee:Thaís Barreto Guedes da Costa
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral