Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas

Abstract Although Brazil is a megadiverse country and thus a conservation priority, no study has yet quantified conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas (PAs) using extensive empirical data. Here, we evaluate the degree of biodiversity protection and knowledge within all the Brazilian PAs...

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Autores principales:	Ubirajara Oliveira, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Adriano Pereira Paglia, Antonio D. Brescovit, Claudio J. B. de Carvalho, Daniel Paiva Silva, Daniella T. Rezende, Felipe Sá Fortes Leite, João Aguiar Nogueira Batista, João Paulo Peixoto Pena Barbosa, João Renato Stehmann, John S. Ascher, Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos, Paulo De Marco, Peter Löwenberg-Neto, Viviane Gianluppi Ferro, Adalberto J. Santos
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:785524ce2f7d467395e8b34bd55c2d592021-12-02T11:52:15ZBiodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas10.1038/s41598-017-08707-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/785524ce2f7d467395e8b34bd55c2d592017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08707-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Although Brazil is a megadiverse country and thus a conservation priority, no study has yet quantified conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas (PAs) using extensive empirical data. Here, we evaluate the degree of biodiversity protection and knowledge within all the Brazilian PAs through a gap analysis of vertebrate, arthropod and angiosperm occurrences and phylogenetic data. Our results show that the knowledge on biodiversity in most Brazilian PAs remain scant as 71% of PAs have less than 0.01 species records per km2. Almost 55% of Brazilian species and about 40% of evolutionary lineages are not found in PAs, while most species have less than 30% of their geographic distribution within PAs. Moreover, the current PA network fails to protect the majority of endemic species. Most importantly, these results are similar for all taxonomic groups analysed here. The methods and results of our countrywide assessment are suggested to help design further inventories in order to map and secure the key biodiversity of the Brazilian PAs. In addition, our study illustrates the most common biodiversity knowledge shortfalls in the tropics.Ubirajara OliveiraBritaldo Silveira Soares-FilhoAdriano Pereira PagliaAntonio D. BrescovitClaudio J. B. de CarvalhoDaniel Paiva SilvaDaniella T. RezendeFelipe Sá Fortes LeiteJoão Aguiar Nogueira BatistaJoão Paulo Peixoto Pena BarbosaJoão Renato StehmannJohn S. AscherMarcelo Ferreira de VasconcelosPaulo De MarcoPeter Löwenberg-NetoViviane Gianluppi FerroAdalberto J. SantosNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ubirajara Oliveira Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho Adriano Pereira Paglia Antonio D. Brescovit Claudio J. B. de Carvalho Daniel Paiva Silva Daniella T. Rezende Felipe Sá Fortes Leite João Aguiar Nogueira Batista João Paulo Peixoto Pena Barbosa João Renato Stehmann John S. Ascher Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos Paulo De Marco Peter Löwenberg-Neto Viviane Gianluppi Ferro Adalberto J. Santos Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
description	Abstract Although Brazil is a megadiverse country and thus a conservation priority, no study has yet quantified conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas (PAs) using extensive empirical data. Here, we evaluate the degree of biodiversity protection and knowledge within all the Brazilian PAs through a gap analysis of vertebrate, arthropod and angiosperm occurrences and phylogenetic data. Our results show that the knowledge on biodiversity in most Brazilian PAs remain scant as 71% of PAs have less than 0.01 species records per km2. Almost 55% of Brazilian species and about 40% of evolutionary lineages are not found in PAs, while most species have less than 30% of their geographic distribution within PAs. Moreover, the current PA network fails to protect the majority of endemic species. Most importantly, these results are similar for all taxonomic groups analysed here. The methods and results of our countrywide assessment are suggested to help design further inventories in order to map and secure the key biodiversity of the Brazilian PAs. In addition, our study illustrates the most common biodiversity knowledge shortfalls in the tropics.
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author	Ubirajara Oliveira Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho Adriano Pereira Paglia Antonio D. Brescovit Claudio J. B. de Carvalho Daniel Paiva Silva Daniella T. Rezende Felipe Sá Fortes Leite João Aguiar Nogueira Batista João Paulo Peixoto Pena Barbosa João Renato Stehmann John S. Ascher Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos Paulo De Marco Peter Löwenberg-Neto Viviane Gianluppi Ferro Adalberto J. Santos
author_facet	Ubirajara Oliveira Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho Adriano Pereira Paglia Antonio D. Brescovit Claudio J. B. de Carvalho Daniel Paiva Silva Daniella T. Rezende Felipe Sá Fortes Leite João Aguiar Nogueira Batista João Paulo Peixoto Pena Barbosa João Renato Stehmann John S. Ascher Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos Paulo De Marco Peter Löwenberg-Neto Viviane Gianluppi Ferro Adalberto J. Santos
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title	Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
title_short	Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
title_full	Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
title_fullStr	Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
title_full_unstemmed	Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
title_sort	biodiversity conservation gaps in the brazilian protected areas
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas

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