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Biogeographic and fragmentation-related research biases on antbirds and non-flying small mammals in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Lana P. Candelária Open the ORCID record for Lana P. Candelária [Opens in a new window] ,
Mayara Zucchetto Open the ORCID record for Mayara Zucchetto [Opens in a new window] ,
Stela R.A. Gonçalves Open the ORCID record for Stela R.A. Gonçalves [Opens in a new window] ,
Gisele da S.F. Braga Open the ORCID record for Gisele da S.F. Braga [Opens in a new window] ,
Thiago J. Izzo  and
Alberto L. Teixido Open the ORCID record for Alberto L. Teixido [Opens in a new window]
Lana P. Candelária*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Mayara Zucchetto
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Stela R.A. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Gisele da S.F. Braga
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Thiago J. Izzo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Alberto L. Teixido
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa 2367, E-78060-900Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Author for correspondence:*Lana P. Candelária, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Major biogeographic and taxonomic biases are recurrent in biological surveys, including fragmentation studies. Detecting biases and subsequent gaps is crucial to steer future research and suitable conservation policies. We evaluated biogeographic and fragmentation-related biases on antbirds and non-flying small mammals in Brazil, two oversampled and vulnerable taxonomic groups, by surveying papers in the Scielo and the Web of Science. We found 566 articles published from 1945 to 2018, including 55 and 43 fragmentation studies for antbirds and small mammals, respectively. Considering the species richness for each group across the Brazilian biomes, the number of publications for small mammals tended to disproportionately increase while increasing richness. The Atlantic Forest, the most degraded and densely populated biome, contained the highest number of publications. However, the Amazon included a disproportionately high number of papers considering its low population density. Conversely, non-forest biomes such as the Caatinga, Pampa and Pantanal were mostly overlooked. Our results show that research effort for small mammals and antbirds in Brazil is biogeographically biased. We call future research to consider more studies across non-forest biomes and vast unexplored areas within forest biomes to overcome major knowledge gaps on diversity, distribution and ecology of antbirds and small mammals in Brazil.

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AmazonAtlantic Forestbiomeskernel densityknowledge gapsThamnophilidae
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , July 2021 , pp. 175 - 184
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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