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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

nvironmental heterogeneity and sampling relevance areas in an Atlantic forest endemism regio

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Author(s):
Carvalho, Carolina da Silva [1] ; Martello, Felipe [2] ; Galetti, Mauro [3, 4] ; Pinto, Fernando [5] ; Francisco, Mercival Roberto [6] ; Silveira, Luis Fabio [7] ; Galetti Jr, Pedro Manoel
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Genet & Evolucao, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Acre, Dept Ciencia Nat, BR-69917400 Rio Branco, AC - Brazil
[3] Univ Miami, Dept Biol, Coral Gables, FL 33146 - USA
[4] Univ Estadual Sao Paulo, Dept Biodiversidade, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[5] Inst Preservacao Mata Atlantica, Rua Jose de Alencar 86, Sala 6, BR-57051565 Maceio, Alagoas - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ciencias Ambientais, Campus Sorocaba, BR-18052780 Sorocaba, SP - Brazil
[7] Univ Sao Paulo, Secao Aves, Museu Zool, Ave Nazare 481, BR-04263000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 7
Document type: Journal article
Source: PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 19, n. 3, p. 311-318, JUL-SEP 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The knowledge of the diversity, richness, and distribution of tropical organisms are poorly understood, and a plethora of new species are still being described even among groups considered well-known. As a result, this inadequate knowledge of the biodiversity has hampered the species' conservation. Thus, sampling efforts must be urgently optimized to survey important and unique areas and to better allocated the scarce conservation resources, especially in the tropical and developing countries that harbor much of the world biodiversity. We assessed the most relevant regions in terms of environmental dissimilarity for sampling vertebrates (amphibians, birds, and mammals) in the Pernambuco Endemism Center (PEC), located in Atlantic forest and the most threatened region in South America, where only about 1% of remaining forests are protected. We found that 8-41% of the PEC areas showed high sampling relevance for all vertebrate groups, with the non-coastal areas of the PEC presenting the highest sampling relevance in terms of environmental dissimilarity. For all vertebrate groups, the sites with the highest sampling relevance are threatened by fragmentation, and sampling efforts must be allocated to these areas before they are totally converted into human-modified landscapes. (C) 2021 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/26436-6 - Reassessment of mammalian species believed to be locally extinct at the Pernambuco endemism center (CEP) from mixed sample DNA and metabarcoding
Grantee:Carolina da Silva Carvalho
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral