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Multiple forms of hotspots of tetrapod biodiversity and the challenges of open-access data scarcity

The uneven spatial distribution of biodiversity is a defining feature of nature. In fact, the implementation of conservation actions both locally and globally has progressively been guided by the identification of biodiversity ‘hotspots’ (areas with exceptional biodiversity). However, different regi...

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Autores principales: Grattarola, Florencia, Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan A., Botto, Germán, Naya, Daniel E., Maneyro, Raúl, Mai, Patricia, Hernández, Daniel, Laufer, Gabriel, Ziegler, Lucía, González, Enrique M., da Rosa, Inés, Gobel, Noelia, González, Andrés, González, Javier, Rodales, Ana L., Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33328562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79074-8
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author Grattarola, Florencia
Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan A.
Botto, Germán
Naya, Daniel E.
Maneyro, Raúl
Mai, Patricia
Hernández, Daniel
Laufer, Gabriel
Ziegler, Lucía
González, Enrique M.
da Rosa, Inés
Gobel, Noelia
González, Andrés
González, Javier
Rodales, Ana L.
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
author_facet Grattarola, Florencia
Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan A.
Botto, Germán
Naya, Daniel E.
Maneyro, Raúl
Mai, Patricia
Hernández, Daniel
Laufer, Gabriel
Ziegler, Lucía
González, Enrique M.
da Rosa, Inés
Gobel, Noelia
González, Andrés
González, Javier
Rodales, Ana L.
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
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description The uneven spatial distribution of biodiversity is a defining feature of nature. In fact, the implementation of conservation actions both locally and globally has progressively been guided by the identification of biodiversity ‘hotspots’ (areas with exceptional biodiversity). However, different regions of the world differ drastically in the availability of fine-scale data on the diversity and distribution of species, thus limiting the potential to assess their local environmental priorities. Within South America—a megadiverse continent—Uruguay represents a peculiar area where multiple tropical and non-tropical eco-regions converge, creating highly heterogeneous ecosystems, but where the systematic quantification of biodiversity remains largely anecdotal. To investigate the constraints posed by the limited access to biodiversity data, we employ the most comprehensive database for tetrapod vertebrates in Uruguay (spanning 664 species) assembled to date, to identify hotspots of species-richness, endemism and threatened species for the first time. Our results reveal negligible spatial congruence among biodiversity hotspots, and that tetrapod sampling has historically concentrated in only a few areas. Collectively, our study provides a detailed account of the areas where urgent biodiversity monitoring efforts are needed to develop more accurate knowledge on biodiversity patterns, offering government and environmental bodies a critical scientific resource for future planning.
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spelling pubmed-77450382020-12-18 Multiple forms of hotspots of tetrapod biodiversity and the challenges of open-access data scarcity Grattarola, Florencia Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan A. Botto, Germán Naya, Daniel E. Maneyro, Raúl Mai, Patricia Hernández, Daniel Laufer, Gabriel Ziegler, Lucía González, Enrique M. da Rosa, Inés Gobel, Noelia González, Andrés González, Javier Rodales, Ana L. Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel Sci Rep Article The uneven spatial distribution of biodiversity is a defining feature of nature. In fact, the implementation of conservation actions both locally and globally has progressively been guided by the identification of biodiversity ‘hotspots’ (areas with exceptional biodiversity). However, different regions of the world differ drastically in the availability of fine-scale data on the diversity and distribution of species, thus limiting the potential to assess their local environmental priorities. Within South America—a megadiverse continent—Uruguay represents a peculiar area where multiple tropical and non-tropical eco-regions converge, creating highly heterogeneous ecosystems, but where the systematic quantification of biodiversity remains largely anecdotal. To investigate the constraints posed by the limited access to biodiversity data, we employ the most comprehensive database for tetrapod vertebrates in Uruguay (spanning 664 species) assembled to date, to identify hotspots of species-richness, endemism and threatened species for the first time. Our results reveal negligible spatial congruence among biodiversity hotspots, and that tetrapod sampling has historically concentrated in only a few areas. Collectively, our study provides a detailed account of the areas where urgent biodiversity monitoring efforts are needed to develop more accurate knowledge on biodiversity patterns, offering government and environmental bodies a critical scientific resource for future planning. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7745038/ /pubmed/33328562 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79074-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Grattarola, Florencia
Martínez-Lanfranco, Juan A.
Botto, Germán
Naya, Daniel E.
Maneyro, Raúl
Mai, Patricia
Hernández, Daniel
Laufer, Gabriel
Ziegler, Lucía
González, Enrique M.
da Rosa, Inés
Gobel, Noelia
González, Andrés
González, Javier
Rodales, Ana L.
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
Multiple forms of hotspots of tetrapod biodiversity and the challenges of open-access data scarcity
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title_short Multiple forms of hotspots of tetrapod biodiversity and the challenges of open-access data scarcity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33328562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79074-8
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