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BIOFRAG: A new database for analysing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation
Pfeifer, Marion; Lefebvre, Veronique; Gardner, Toby A.; Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor; Baeten, Lander; Banks Leite, Cristina; Barlow, Jos; Betts, Matthew G.; Brunet, Joerg; Cerezo Blandón, Alexis Mauricio; Cisneros, Laura M.; Collard, Stuart; D´Cruze, Neil; Da Silva Motta, Catarina; Duguay, Stephanie; Eggermont, Hilde; Eigenbrod, Félix; Hadley, Adam S.; Hanson, Thor R.; Hawes, Joseph E.; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Klingbeil, Brian T.; Kolb, Annette; Kormann, Urs; Kumar, Sunil; Lachat, Thibault; Lakeman Fraser, Poppy; Lantschner, María Victoria
; Laurance, William F.; Leal, Inara R.; Lens, Luc; Marsh, Charles J.; Medina Rangel, Guido F.; Melles, Stephanie; Mezger, Dirk; Oldekop, Johan A.; Overal , Williams L.; Owen, Charlotte; Peres, Carlos A.; Phalan, Ben; Pidgeon, Anna Michle; Pilia, Oriana; Possingham, Hugh P.; Possingham, Max L.; Raheem, Dinarzarde C.; Ribeiro, Danilo B.; Ribeiro Neto, Jose D.; Robinson, Douglas W.; Robinson, Richard; Rytwinski, Trina; Scherber, Christoph; Slade, Eleanor M.; Somarriba, Eduardo; Stouffer, Philip C.; Struebig, Matthew J.; Tylianakis, Jason M.; Teja, Tscharntke; Tyre, Andrew J.; Urbina Cardona, Jose N.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Wearn, Oliver; Wells, Konstans; Willig, Michael R.; Wood, Eric; Young, Richard P.; Bradley, Andrew V.; Ewers, Robert M.
Fecha de publicación:
05/2014
Editorial:
Wiley
Revista:
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN:
2045-7758
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
Habitat fragmentation studies are producing inconsistent and complex results across which it is nearly impossible to synthesise. Consistent analytical techniques can be applied to primary datasets, if stored in a flexible database that allows simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. Method: We developed a relational database linking data collected in the field to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes and further environmental variables (e.g. information on biogeographic region. Typical field assessments include measures of biological variables (e.g. presence, abundance, ground cover) of one species or a set of species linked to a set of plots in fragments of a forested landscape. Conclusion: The database currently holds records of 5792 unique species sampled in 52 landscapes in six of eight biogeographic regions: mammals 173, birds 1101, herpetofauna 284, insects 2317, other arthropods: 48, plants 1804, snails 65. Most species are found in one or two landscapes, but some are found in four. Using the huge amount of primary data on biodiversity response to fragmentation becomes increasingly important as anthropogenic pressures from high population growth and land demands are increasing. This database can be queried to extract data for subsequent analyses of the biological response to forest fragmentation with new metrics that can integrate across the components of fragmented landscapes. Meta-analyses of findings based on consistent methods and metrics will be able to generalise over studies allowing inter-comparisons for unified answers. The database can thus help researchers in providing findings for analyses of trade-offs between land use benefits and impacts on biodiversity and to track performance of management for biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes.
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Pfeifer, Marion; Lefebvre, Veronique; Gardner, Toby A.; Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor; Baeten, Lander; et al.; BIOFRAG: A new database for analysing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation; Wiley; Ecology and Evolution; 4; 9; 5-2014; 1524-1537
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