Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia

Different methodologies try to identify priority conservation areas (PCA) to improve habitat conservation and decrease human pressures over bird species at coarse-scale. Map of potential biodiversity (PB) can identify PCA (high PB values) at different scale levels by considering ecological requireme...

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Main Authors: Rosas, Yamina Micaela, Peri, Pablo Luis, Benítez, Julieta, Lencinas, María Vanessa, Politi, Natalia, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
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Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16438
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138123000845
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126413
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author Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Peri, Pablo Luis
Benítez, Julieta
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Politi, Natalia
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author_browse Benítez, Julieta
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Peri, Pablo Luis
Politi, Natalia
Rosas, Yamina Micaela
author_facet Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Peri, Pablo Luis
Benítez, Julieta
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Politi, Natalia
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author_sort Rosas, Yamina Micaela
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description Different methodologies try to identify priority conservation areas (PCA) to improve habitat conservation and decrease human pressures over bird species at coarse-scale. Map of potential biodiversity (PB) can identify PCA (high PB values) at different scale levels by considering ecological requirements and distributions through potential habitat suitability (PHS) models. The aim was to elaborate a map of PB of bird species based on PHS models to spatially identify PCA in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Moreover, we want to analysis species’ ecology requirements, and evaluate PB values and spatially identify PCA through two scale levels. We computed 47 models using Environmental Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA) on Biomapper software. Each model was visualized and combined to get a unique map of PB. We analyzed ecological requirements by specialization and marginality and PHS maps. Moreover, considering natural environments (regional level) and forest types’ cover (forest landscape level), we evaluated PB values using ANOVAs and identified PCA under different human pressures, using human footprint (HPF) map. Bird species related to Nothofagus forests were most specialist and exhibited a narrower potential distribution than grassland species. At regional level, Magellanic grass steppes displayed the highest PB values, where most of the PCA had high HPF values. At forest landscape level, ecotone N. antarctica forests had the highest PB values, where PCA with low HFP values were outside current protected networking. We conclude that combining PHS models and the map of PB allowed us to improve bird distribution studies and to assist biodiversity conservation strategies under human pressures.
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spelling INTA164382024-01-03T13:51:32Z Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Benítez, Julieta Lencinas, María Vanessa Politi, Natalia Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José Birds Passeriformes Habitat Suitability Models Aves Ioneidad de Hábitat Modelos Santa Cruz (Argentina) Hotspot of Conservation Threatened Areas Landscape Scales Ecological Requirements Potential Habitat Suitability (PHS) Environmental Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA) Punto Caliente de Conservación Zonas Amenazadas Escalas de Paisaje Requisitos Ecológicos Aptitud Potencial del Hábitat Análisis del Factor de Nicho Ambiental Región Patagónica Different methodologies try to identify priority conservation areas (PCA) to improve habitat conservation and decrease human pressures over bird species at coarse-scale. Map of potential biodiversity (PB) can identify PCA (high PB values) at different scale levels by considering ecological requirements and distributions through potential habitat suitability (PHS) models. The aim was to elaborate a map of PB of bird species based on PHS models to spatially identify PCA in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Moreover, we want to analysis species’ ecology requirements, and evaluate PB values and spatially identify PCA through two scale levels. We computed 47 models using Environmental Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA) on Biomapper software. Each model was visualized and combined to get a unique map of PB. We analyzed ecological requirements by specialization and marginality and PHS maps. Moreover, considering natural environments (regional level) and forest types’ cover (forest landscape level), we evaluated PB values using ANOVAs and identified PCA under different human pressures, using human footprint (HPF) map. Bird species related to Nothofagus forests were most specialist and exhibited a narrower potential distribution than grassland species. At regional level, Magellanic grass steppes displayed the highest PB values, where most of the PCA had high HPF values. At forest landscape level, ecotone N. antarctica forests had the highest PB values, where PCA with low HFP values were outside current protected networking. We conclude that combining PHS models and the map of PB allowed us to improve bird distribution studies and to assist biodiversity conservation strategies under human pressures. 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: Benítez, Julieta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC). Laboratorio de Recursos Agroforestales; Argentina. Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Politi, Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina. Fil: Politi, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecoregiones Andinas (INECOA); Argentina. Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. 2024-01-03T13:40:58Z 2024-01-03T13:40:58Z 2023-06 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16438 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138123000845 Rosas Y.M.; Peri P.L.; Benitez J.; Lencinas M.V.; Politi N.; Martínez Pastur G. (2023) Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identifcation of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia. Journal for Nature Conservation 73: 126413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126413. 1617-1381 (print) 1618-1093 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126413 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Journal for Nature Conservation 73 : 126413 (June 2023)
spellingShingle Birds
Passeriformes
Habitat Suitability
Models
Aves
Ioneidad de Hábitat
Modelos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
Hotspot of Conservation
Threatened Areas
Landscape Scales
Ecological Requirements
Potential Habitat Suitability (PHS)
Environmental Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA)
Punto Caliente de Conservación
Zonas Amenazadas
Escalas de Paisaje
Requisitos Ecológicos
Aptitud Potencial del Hábitat
Análisis del Factor de Nicho Ambiental
Región Patagónica
Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Peri, Pablo Luis
Benítez, Julieta
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Politi, Natalia
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title_full Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title_fullStr Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title_short Potential biodiversity map of bird species (Passeriformes): Analyses of ecological niche, environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern Patagonia
title_sort potential biodiversity map of bird species passeriformes analyses of ecological niche environmental characterization and identification of priority conservation areas in southern patagonia
topic Birds
Passeriformes
Habitat Suitability
Models
Aves
Ioneidad de Hábitat
Modelos
Santa Cruz (Argentina)
Hotspot of Conservation
Threatened Areas
Landscape Scales
Ecological Requirements
Potential Habitat Suitability (PHS)
Environmental Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA)
Punto Caliente de Conservación
Zonas Amenazadas
Escalas de Paisaje
Requisitos Ecológicos
Aptitud Potencial del Hábitat
Análisis del Factor de Nicho Ambiental
Región Patagónica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16438
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138123000845
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126413
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