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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
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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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author Tydecks, Laura
Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
Bremerich, Vanessa
Jeschke, Jonathan M.
Schütt, Brigitta
Zarfl, Christiane
Tockner, Klement
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Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-104349132023-08-18 Oases in the Sahara Desert–Linking biological and cultural diversity Tydecks, Laura Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio Böhning-Gaese, Katrin Bremerich, Vanessa Jeschke, Jonathan M. Schütt, Brigitta Zarfl, Christiane Tockner, Klement PLoS One Research Article 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. Public Library of Science 2023-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10434913/ /pubmed/37590303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290304 Text en © 2023 Tydecks et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hernández-Agüero, Juan Antonio
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Bremerich, Vanessa
Jeschke, Jonathan M.
Schütt, Brigitta
Zarfl, Christiane
Tockner, Klement
Oases in the Sahara Desert–Linking biological and cultural diversity
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url 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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