Assessing the biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER site network

Abstract

Highlights Biogeographical and socio-ecological representativeness of the ILTER network. “Representedness” values were calculated and used as indicators. Identification of gaps and biases of the network. Recommendations for the spatial extension of the site network.

Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives

“…During the literature search, we also identified articles studying one specific TreM form in regions for which there was little or no other TreM research, such as Africa (Pringle et al, 2015), South America (Whitfield et al, 2005;Ibarra et al, 2020) or Asia (Patel et al, 2021). Ecological research generally suffers from an important lack of representativeness at the global scale, with Global North countries being dramatically overrepresented in part because of better access to funding sources (Martin et al, 2012;Wohner et al, 2021). The fact that most TreM-related research comes from Western European countries is therefore consistent with this global trend.…”

Designing and implementing a data model for describing environmental monitoring and research sites

“…During data processing and analysis work carried out for projects like eLTER PLUS (2021) or studies such as Mollenhauer et al (2018) and Wohner et al (2021) , it became clear that there were inaccuracies in the collected data, which reduced the validity of derived results. After collecting user feedback through questionnaires as well as live sessions during project meetings, we realised that the fields in the form used to describe sites were sometimes not sufficiently defined resulting in fuzzy data input that was not easily comparable between site records.…”

“…While the majority of these sites is located in Europe, DEIMS-SDR ultimately aims for comprehensive coverage across the globe. This openly available site data has been used for a variety of studies ( Mollenhauer et al, 2018 ; Wohner et al, 2021 ; Zilioli et al, 2019 ), and as the source of input data for the processing of large-scale datasets ( Rennie et al, 2021 ). However, some of these analyses revealed shortcomings of the web service in general and the site data model in particular.…”

Levantamento florístico das angiospermas do Parque Estadual Cânion do rio Poti, Buriti dos Montes – PI

“…O Brasil é um país de grandes proporções continentais, conhecido mundialmente como megadiverso e que apresenta e abriga a maior biodiversidade de fauna e flora do planeta (Joly et al, 2019). A propósito, conforme Wohner et al (2021), o país possui várias zonas climáticas, o que o leva a ter grandes variações ecológicas, que formam zonas biogeográficas distintas ou biomas, refletindo a enorme riqueza da flora e da fauna brasileiras. Por tudo isso, o país reúne privilégios e enorme responsabilidade ambiental, econômica e social, extremamente importante para refletir sobre o valor da biodiversidade e agir para protegê-la (MMA, 2018).…”

“…Nesse ínterim, a conservação da biodiversidade representa um dos maiores desafios na atualidade, uma vez que os impactos ambientais têm aumentado nas últimas décadas, afetando sobremaneira a vida biológica (Brasil, 2019), bem como a dinâmica e o comportamento dos ecossistemas em escalas regional, continental e global (Wohner et al, 2021). Fonseca et al (2021), a fim de contabilizarem as influências humanas nos ecossistemas, afirmam que os principais fatores para a perda da biodiversidade estão relacionados à supressão e à fragmentação de habitat, superexploração, invasão biológica, poluição e as mudanças climáticas, os quais precisam ser pensados com urgência, a fim de resolvê-los ou minimizá-los, com ênfase nas preocupações de conservação.…”