The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

The adequate selection of indicator groups of biodiversity is an important aspect of the systematic conservation planning. However, these assessments differ in the spatial scale, in the methods used and in the groups considered to accomplish this task, which generally produces contradictory results....

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Autores: Siqueira Campos, Felipe, Trindade-Filho, Joaquim, Brito, Daniel, Llorente, Gustavo A., Solé, Mirco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palabra clave:Biodiversitat
Protecció de la fauna
Amfibis
Brasil
Biodiversity
Wildlife conservation
Amphibians
Brazil
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spelling The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic ForestSiqueira Campos, FelipeTrindade-Filho, JoaquimBrito, DanielLlorente, Gustavo A.Solé, MircoBiodiversitatProtecció de la faunaAmfibisBrasilBiodiversityWildlife conservationAmphibiansBrazilThe adequate selection of indicator groups of biodiversity is an important aspect of the systematic conservation planning. However, these assessments differ in the spatial scale, in the methods used and in the groups considered to accomplish this task, which generally produces contradictory results. The quantification of the spatial congruence between species richness and complementarity among different taxonomic groups is a fundamental step to identify potential indicator groups. Using a constructive approach, the main purposes of this study were to evaluate the performance and efficiency of eight potential indicator groups representing amphibian diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Data on the geographic range of amphibian species that occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest was overlapped to the full geographic extent of the biome, which was divided into a regular equal-area grid. Optimization routines based on the concept of complementarily were applied to verify the performance of each indicator group selected in relation to the representativeness of the amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest as a whole, which were solved by the algorithm"simulated annealing", through the use of the software MARXAN. Some indicator groups were substantially more effective than others in regards to the representation of the taxonomic groups assessed, which was confirmed by the high significance of data (F = 312.76; p < 0.01). Leiuperidae was considered as the best indicator group among the families analyzed, as it showed a good performance, representing 71% of amphibian species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (i.e. 290 species), which may be associated with the diffuse geographic distribution of its species. This study promotes understanding of how the diversity standards of amphibians can be informative for systematic conservation planning on a regional scale.John Wiley & Sons2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/58644Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1073Ecology and Evolution, 2014, vol. 4, num. 12, p. 2505-2514http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1073cc-by (c) Siqueira Campos, Felipe et al., 2014http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/586442026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
title The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
spellingShingle The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Siqueira Campos, Felipe
Biodiversitat
Protecció de la fauna
Amfibis
Brasil
Biodiversity
Wildlife conservation
Amphibians
Brazil
title_short The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
title_full The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
title_fullStr The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
title_full_unstemmed The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
title_sort The efficiency of indicator groups for the conservation of amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Siqueira Campos, Felipe
Trindade-Filho, Joaquim
Brito, Daniel
Llorente, Gustavo A.
Solé, Mirco
author Siqueira Campos, Felipe
author_facet Siqueira Campos, Felipe
Trindade-Filho, Joaquim
Brito, Daniel
Llorente, Gustavo A.
Solé, Mirco
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author2 Trindade-Filho, Joaquim
Brito, Daniel
Llorente, Gustavo A.
Solé, Mirco
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversitat
Protecció de la fauna
Amfibis
Brasil
Biodiversity
Wildlife conservation
Amphibians
Brazil
topic Biodiversitat
Protecció de la fauna
Amfibis
Brasil
Biodiversity
Wildlife conservation
Amphibians
Brazil
description The adequate selection of indicator groups of biodiversity is an important aspect of the systematic conservation planning. However, these assessments differ in the spatial scale, in the methods used and in the groups considered to accomplish this task, which generally produces contradictory results. The quantification of the spatial congruence between species richness and complementarity among different taxonomic groups is a fundamental step to identify potential indicator groups. Using a constructive approach, the main purposes of this study were to evaluate the performance and efficiency of eight potential indicator groups representing amphibian diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Data on the geographic range of amphibian species that occur in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest was overlapped to the full geographic extent of the biome, which was divided into a regular equal-area grid. Optimization routines based on the concept of complementarily were applied to verify the performance of each indicator group selected in relation to the representativeness of the amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest as a whole, which were solved by the algorithm"simulated annealing", through the use of the software MARXAN. Some indicator groups were substantially more effective than others in regards to the representation of the taxonomic groups assessed, which was confirmed by the high significance of data (F = 312.76; p < 0.01). Leiuperidae was considered as the best indicator group among the families analyzed, as it showed a good performance, representing 71% of amphibian species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (i.e. 290 species), which may be associated with the diffuse geographic distribution of its species. This study promotes understanding of how the diversity standards of amphibians can be informative for systematic conservation planning on a regional scale.
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