Conservation assessment using the IUCN criterion B: A case study on palms of the Mexican portion of the Yucatán Peninsula Biotic Province

Pérez-Sarabia, José Eduardo; Stéfano, Rodrigo Duno de; Cetzal-Ix, William; Alvarado-Segura, Arturo A.; Basu, Saikat

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“…As seen in Figure 2e, sparse records at high latitudes of both hemispheres likely reflect climate preferences of most species whereas the lack of records in, for example, India, almost certainly reflects lack of collecting or digitization. Nonetheless, criterion B is often the necessary first step for assessments of plants (Pérez‐Sarabia et al, 2020; Schmidt et al, 2017).…”

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Plant conservation assessment at scale: Rapid triage of extinction risks

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Societal Impact Statement The current rate of global biodiversity loss creates a pressing need to increase efficiency and throughput of extinction risk assessments in plants. We must assess as many plant species as possible, working with imperfect knowledge, to address the habitat loss and extinction threats of the Anthropocene. Using the biodiversity database, Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN), and the Andropogoneae grass tribe as a case study, we demonstrate that large‐scale, preliminary conservation assessments can play a fundamental role in accelerating plant conservation pipelines and setting priorities for more in‐depth investigations. Summary The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List criteria are widely used to determine extinction risks of plant and animal life. Here, we used The Red List's criterion B, Geographic Range Size, to provide preliminary conservation assessments of the members of a large tribe of grasses, the Andropogoneae, with ~1100 species, including maize, sorghum, and sugarcane and their wild relatives. We used georeferenced occurrence data from the Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN) and automated individual species assessments using ConR to demonstrate efficacy and accuracy in using time‐saving tools for conservation research. We validated our results with those from the IUCN‐recommended assessment tool, GeoCAT. We discovered a remarkably large gap in digitized information, with slightly more than 50% of the Andropogoneae lacking sufficient information for assessment. ConR and GeoCAT largely agree on which taxa are of least concern (>90%) or possibly threatened (<10%), highlighting that automating assessments with ConR is a viable strategy for preliminary conservation assessments of large plant groups. Results for crop wild relatives are similar to those for the entire dataset. Increasing digitization and collection needs to be a high priority. Available rapid assessment tools can then be used to identify species that warrant more comprehensive investigation.

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“…Nonetheless, criterion B is often the necessary first step for assessments of plants (Pérez-Sarabia et al, 2020;Schmidt et al, 2017).…”

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Plant conservation assessment at scale: Rapid triage of extinction risks

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“…As seen in Figure 2E, sparse records at high latitudes of both hemispheres likely reflect climate preferences of most species whereas the lack of records in, for example, India, almost certainly reflects lack of collecting or digitization. Nonetheless, criterion B is often the necessary first step for assessments of plants (Schmidt et al, 2017; Pérez-Sarabia et al, 2020).…”

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Plant conservation assessment at scale: rapid triage of extinction risks

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The current rate of global biodiversity loss creates a pressing need to increase efficiency and throughput of extinction risk assessments in plants. We must assess as many plant species as possible, working with imperfect knowledge, to address the habitat loss and seemingly countless extinction threats of the Anthropocene. Large-scale, preliminary conservation assessments can play a fundamental role in setting priorities for more in-depth investigation. The IUCN Red List criteria are widely used to determine extinction risks of plant and animal life. Here, we The Red List criterion B, Geographic Range Size, to provide preliminary conservation assessments of the members of a large tribe of grasses, the Andropogoneae, with ~1100 species, including maize, sorghum, and sugarcane and their wild relatives. We use georeferenced occurrence data from the Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN) and automate individual species assessments using ConR to demonstrate efficacy and accuracy in using tie-saving tools for conservation research. We validate our results with those from the IUCN-authorized tool, GeoCAT. We discovered a remarkably large gap in digitized information, with slightly more than 50% of the Andropogoneae lacking sufficient information for assessment. ConR and GeoCAT largely agree on which taxa are of least concern (>90%) or possibly threatened (<10%), highlighting that automating assessments with ConR is a viable strategy for preliminary conservation assessments of large plant groups. Results for crop wild relatives are similar to those for the entire data set. Increasing digitization and collection needs to be a high priority. Available rapid assessment tools can then be used to identify species that warrant more comprehensive investigation.

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Assessing the Risk of Extinction of Vascular Plants Endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula Biotic Province by Means of Distributional Data

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An assessment of the extinction risk of the endemic plants from the Yucatán Peninsula Biotic Province (YPBP) was performed based on distributional data (B criteria of the IUCN) using the GeoCAT tool. The YPBP is located in southeastern Mexico and comprises the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán, and the northernmost portion of Belize (districts of Belize, Corozal, and Orange Walk), as well as a portion of northern Guatemala (most of the department of Petén). An analysis of the YPBP flora identified 167 endemic taxa, 154 of which grow in at least one of the three Mexican states (Campeche, Quintana Roo, and/or Yucatán), whereas another 13 occur exclusively in Belize and/or Guatemala. Eighty-five are in some category of risk (50.9%): 17 taxa (10.18%) are categorized as Critically Endangered (CR), 40 (23.95%) as Endangered (EN), and 28 (16.77%) as Vulnerable (VU). Eighty-one (48.5%) species are not threatened: 12 (7.19%) as Near Threatened (NT) and 69 (41.32%) as Least Concern. A single species (0.6%) is considered Data Deficient (DD). The greatest number of endemic species and endemic threatened species inhabit dry and subhumid forests, and some inhabit semi-evergreen forests. The habits of endemic species and threatened endemic species are diverse, but trees, grasses, and shrubs predominate. The official system of protected natural areas (PNA) does not guarantee the conservation of all endemic species in the region. Ninety-eight (58.68%) of the endemic taxa have more than one population (record) within a PNA.

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Conservation assessment using the IUCN criterion B: A case study on palms of the Mexican portion of the Yucatán Peninsula Biotic Province

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Plant conservation assessment at scale: Rapid triage of extinction risks

Plant conservation assessment at scale: Rapid triage of extinction risks

Plant conservation assessment at scale: rapid triage of extinction risks

Assessing the Risk of Extinction of Vascular Plants Endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula Biotic Province by Means of Distributional Data

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