“…Therefore, we recommend further studies to collect biological information for these sites. Considering that this region is subject to multiple threats as habitat modification, pollution, introduction of exotic species, and other processes that are affecting ecosystems ( Valdés-Casillas et al 1998 ;
Quintero-Núñez and Moncada-Aguilar 2008 ; Rosete-Vergés et al 2008 ; Andreu-Soler et al 2014 ), we consider crucial that all
NPAs are included in future evaluations of the conservation potential in the northern Peninsula, regardless of their type of governance. Other studies have shown that non-government
NPAs can have considerable complementarity with government
NPAs , and that they contribute to secure the protection of a higher proportion of biodiversity (
Ochoa-Ochoa et al 2009 ;
Muench and Martínez-Ramos 2016 ;
García-Bañuelos et al 2020 ).…”