Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes.
In the last years, different spatial analyses were developed to support multi-taxon biodiversity conservation strategies. In fact, the use of species distribution models as input allowed to create spatial decision-support maps. Of special interest are maps of potential biodiversity (MPB), which defi...
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| author | Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa Lizarraga, Leonidas Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José |
| author_browse | Lencinas, María Vanessa Lizarraga, Leonidas Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Peri, Pablo Luis Rosas, Yamina Micaela |
| author_facet | Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa Lizarraga, Leonidas Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José |
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| description | In the last years, different spatial analyses were developed to support multi-taxon biodiversity conservation strategies. In fact, the use of species distribution models as input allowed to create spatial decision-support maps. Of special interest are maps of potential biodiversity (MPB), which define distribution and ecological requirements of relevant species and maps of priority conservation areas (MPCA), which define priority areas considering endemism and richness. The objective of this paper was to assess multi-taxon biodiversity based on two different spatial analyses and to test their efficiency to support conservation decision at Patagonia. We
computed 119 potential habitat suitability maps (one deer, birds, lizards, darkling-beetles, plants) with ENFA (Environmental Niche Factor Analysis) and 15 environmental variables, using Biomapper software. ENFA calculate two ecological indexes (marginality and specialization) which describe the narrowness of species niches and how extreme are the optimum environmental conditions related to the whole study area. These maps were combined obtaining a MPB and MPCA using Zonation software. Multivariate analyses were performed to compare methodologies, analysing environmental variables, ecological areas, forest types and protected areas.
Multivariate and ecological indexes showed that deer, lizards and darkling-beetles presented a narrow range, while birds and plants presented a large range of marginality and specialization mainly related to vegetation and climate. At provincial level, highest potential biodiversity and conservation priority values were related to shrublands and humid steppes. However, MPCA showed higher values related to forests and alpine vegetation due to endemism, while MPB showed differences among forest types. These analyses showed that the most valuable areas were not represented in the protected areas, however, many higher conservation priority values
were found inside the protected compared with unprotected areas. Different spatial decision-support maps presented similar outputs at provincial scale, but differed in the forest landscape matrix. Both methodologies can be used to plan conservation strategies depending on the specific objectives (e.g. highlighting richness or endemism). |
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| spelling | INTA111362022-02-14T12:16:38Z Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa Lizarraga, Leonidas Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Biodiversity Landscape Conservation Protected Areas Models Endemic Species Habitat Suitability Biodiversidad Conservación de Paisaje Áreas Protegidas Modelos Especies Endémicas Idoneidad del Hábitat Santa Cruz (Argentina) Environmental Niche Factor Analysis Biomapper PEBANPA Network Maps of Potential Biodiversity Análisis Factorial de Nicho Ambiental Biomapeador Red PEBANPA Mapas de Biodiversidad Potencial Región Patagónica In the last years, different spatial analyses were developed to support multi-taxon biodiversity conservation strategies. In fact, the use of species distribution models as input allowed to create spatial decision-support maps. Of special interest are maps of potential biodiversity (MPB), which define distribution and ecological requirements of relevant species and maps of priority conservation areas (MPCA), which define priority areas considering endemism and richness. The objective of this paper was to assess multi-taxon biodiversity based on two different spatial analyses and to test their efficiency to support conservation decision at Patagonia. We computed 119 potential habitat suitability maps (one deer, birds, lizards, darkling-beetles, plants) with ENFA (Environmental Niche Factor Analysis) and 15 environmental variables, using Biomapper software. ENFA calculate two ecological indexes (marginality and specialization) which describe the narrowness of species niches and how extreme are the optimum environmental conditions related to the whole study area. These maps were combined obtaining a MPB and MPCA using Zonation software. Multivariate analyses were performed to compare methodologies, analysing environmental variables, ecological areas, forest types and protected areas. Multivariate and ecological indexes showed that deer, lizards and darkling-beetles presented a narrow range, while birds and plants presented a large range of marginality and specialization mainly related to vegetation and climate. At provincial level, highest potential biodiversity and conservation priority values were related to shrublands and humid steppes. However, MPCA showed higher values related to forests and alpine vegetation due to endemism, while MPB showed differences among forest types. These analyses showed that the most valuable areas were not represented in the protected areas, however, many higher conservation priority values were found inside the protected compared with unprotected areas. Different spatial decision-support maps presented similar outputs at provincial scale, but differed in the forest landscape matrix. Both methodologies can be used to plan conservation strategies depending on the specific objectives (e.g. highlighting richness or endemism). EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Rosas, Yamina Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Lizárraga, Leonidas. Administración De Parques Nacionales. Dirección Regional Noroeste. Salta; Argentina. Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. 2022-02-14T12:06:12Z 2022-02-14T12:06:12Z 2022-04-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11136 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722001517 Rosas Y.M.; Peri P.L.; Lencina M.V.; Lizarraga L.; Martínez Pastur G. (2022) Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management 307: 114578. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114578. 0301-4797 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114578 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Journal of Environmental Management 307 : 114578. (April 2022) |
| spellingShingle | Biodiversity Landscape Conservation Protected Areas Models Endemic Species Habitat Suitability Biodiversidad Conservación de Paisaje Áreas Protegidas Modelos Especies Endémicas Idoneidad del Hábitat Santa Cruz (Argentina) Environmental Niche Factor Analysis Biomapper PEBANPA Network Maps of Potential Biodiversity Análisis Factorial de Nicho Ambiental Biomapeador Red PEBANPA Mapas de Biodiversidad Potencial Región Patagónica Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa Lizarraga, Leonidas Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title | Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title_full | Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title_fullStr | Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title_short | Multi-taxon biodiversity assessment of Southern Patagonia: Supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes. |
| title_sort | multi taxon biodiversity assessment of southern patagonia supporting conservation strategies at different landscapes |
| topic | Biodiversity Landscape Conservation Protected Areas Models Endemic Species Habitat Suitability Biodiversidad Conservación de Paisaje Áreas Protegidas Modelos Especies Endémicas Idoneidad del Hábitat Santa Cruz (Argentina) Environmental Niche Factor Analysis Biomapper PEBANPA Network Maps of Potential Biodiversity Análisis Factorial de Nicho Ambiental Biomapeador Red PEBANPA Mapas de Biodiversidad Potencial Región Patagónica |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11136 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722001517 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114578 |
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