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Título: | Optimizing protection efforts for amphibian conservation in Mediterranean landscapes |
Autor: | García-Muñoz, Enrique Ceacero, Francisco Carretero, Miguel A. Pedrajas-Pulido, Luis Parra, Gema Guerrero, Francisco |
Palavras-chave: | Amphibians decline Extinction risk Management efforts Priority areas Umbrella species |
Data: | 2013 |
Editora: | Elsevier |
Resumo: | Amphibians epitomize the modern biodiversity crisis, and attract great attention from the scientific community since a complex puzzle of factors has influence on their disappearance. However, these factors are multiple and spatially variable, and declining in each locality is due to a particular combination of causes. This study shows a suitable statistical procedure to determine threats to amphibian species in medium size administrative areas. For our study case, ten biological and ecological variables feasible to affect the survival of 15 amphibian species were categorized and reduced through Principal Component Analysis. The principal components extracted were related to ecological plasticity, reproductive potential, and specificity of breeding habitats. Finally, the factor scores of species were joined in a presence-absence matrix that gives us information to identify where and why conservation management are requires. In summary, this methodology provides the necessary information to maximize benefits of conservation measures in small areas by identifying which ecological factors need management efforts and where should we focus them on. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24295 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.actao.2013.02.013 |
ISSN: | 1146-609X |
Aparece nas coleções: | CESAM - Artigos |
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Garcia-Munoz et al. - 2013 - Optimizing protection efforts for amphibian conser.pdf | 989.92 kB | Adobe PDF |
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