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The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea
Understanding the geographic distribution of species is crucial for establishing protected areas. This study aimed to identify the preferred habitat environment of South Korean herpetofauna using distribution point information, providing the information necessary to protect their habitat by establis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36050350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19129-0 |
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author | Do, Min Seock Son, Seok-Jun Choi, Green Yoo, Nakyung Kim, Dae-in Koo, Kyo-Soung Nam, Hyung-Kyu |
author_facet | Do, Min Seock Son, Seok-Jun Choi, Green Yoo, Nakyung Kim, Dae-in Koo, Kyo-Soung Nam, Hyung-Kyu |
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description | Understanding the geographic distribution of species is crucial for establishing protected areas. This study aimed to identify the preferred habitat environment of South Korean herpetofauna using distribution point information, providing the information necessary to protect their habitat by establishing a species distribution model. We found that climate variables in the region where 19 amphibians and 20 reptiles were distributed correlated with the altitude, suggesting that altitude had a major influence on their distribution. The species distribution modeling indicated that 10–12 amphibian and 13–16 reptile species inhabit the Gangwon-do region, forming hotspot areas in the eastern and western regions around the Taebaek Mountains. Some of these hotspot areas occurred in the Demilitarized Zone and national parks, which are government-managed ecological conservation areas. However, some hotspot areas are vulnerable to habitat destruction due to development and deforestation as they are not designated conservation areas. Therefore, it is necessary to establish new conservation areas with a focus on herpetofauna after confirming the actual inhabitation of species through precise monitoring in predicted hotspot areas and designating them as protected areas. Our results can serve as important basic data for establishing protection measures and designating protected areas for herpetofauna species. |
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spelling | pubmed-94369992022-09-03 The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea Do, Min Seock Son, Seok-Jun Choi, Green Yoo, Nakyung Kim, Dae-in Koo, Kyo-Soung Nam, Hyung-Kyu Sci Rep Article Understanding the geographic distribution of species is crucial for establishing protected areas. This study aimed to identify the preferred habitat environment of South Korean herpetofauna using distribution point information, providing the information necessary to protect their habitat by establishing a species distribution model. We found that climate variables in the region where 19 amphibians and 20 reptiles were distributed correlated with the altitude, suggesting that altitude had a major influence on their distribution. The species distribution modeling indicated that 10–12 amphibian and 13–16 reptile species inhabit the Gangwon-do region, forming hotspot areas in the eastern and western regions around the Taebaek Mountains. Some of these hotspot areas occurred in the Demilitarized Zone and national parks, which are government-managed ecological conservation areas. However, some hotspot areas are vulnerable to habitat destruction due to development and deforestation as they are not designated conservation areas. Therefore, it is necessary to establish new conservation areas with a focus on herpetofauna after confirming the actual inhabitation of species through precise monitoring in predicted hotspot areas and designating them as protected areas. Our results can serve as important basic data for establishing protection measures and designating protected areas for herpetofauna species. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9436999/ /pubmed/36050350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19129-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Do, Min Seock Son, Seok-Jun Choi, Green Yoo, Nakyung Kim, Dae-in Koo, Kyo-Soung Nam, Hyung-Kyu The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title | The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title_full | The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title_fullStr | The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title_short | The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea |
title_sort | establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of south korea |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36050350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19129-0 |
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