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Oases in the Sahara Desert–Linking biological and cultural diversity

The diversity of life sensu lato comprises both biological and cultural diversity, described as “biocultural diversity.” Similar to plant and animal species, cultures and languages are threatened by extinction. Since drylands are pivotal systems for nature and people alike, we use oases in the Sahar...

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Autores principales: Tydecks, Laura, Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Bremerich, Vanessa, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Schütt, Brigitta, Zarfl, Christiane, Tockner, Klement
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37590303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290304
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Sumario:The diversity of life sensu lato comprises both biological and cultural diversity, described as “biocultural diversity.” Similar to plant and animal species, cultures and languages are threatened by extinction. Since drylands are pivotal systems for nature and people alike, we use oases in the Sahara Desert as model systems for examining spatial patterns and trends of biocultural diversity. We identify both the underlying drivers of biodiversity and the potential proxies that are fundamental for understanding reciprocal linkages between biological and cultural diversity in oases. Using oases in Algeria as an example we test current indices describing and quantifying biocultural diversity and identify their limitations. Finally, we discuss follow-up research questions to better understand the underlying mechanisms that control the coupling and decoupling of biological and cultural diversity in oases.