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Article: A rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies

TitleA rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies
Authors
KeywordsConservation
Landscape
Biodiversity
Diversity profile
Diversity
Species
Arthropod
Land use
Surrogate
Morphospecies
Issue Date2017
Citation
Landscape Ecology, 2017, v. 32, n. 1, p. 209-223 How to Cite?
Abstract© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Context: The assessment of land-use impacts on biodiversity is one of the central themes of landscape ecology and conservation biology. However, due to the complexity of biodiversity, it is impossible to obtain complete information about the diversity of all species even for small areas, necessitating the selection of individual species or assemblages thereof as species surrogate. In parts of the world where taxonomic expertise is lacking, species identification has hindered progress in biodiversity conservation, and the only practical, relatively-accurate option, is the use of taxonomic minimalism. Objective: We carried out a rapid biodiversity assessment based on three surrogates—land-use (driver-surrogate), terrestrial arthropods (species-surrogate) and morphospecies (taxonomic-surrogate)—to determine the impacts of land-use on biodiversity of the Western Region (Ghana), an area covering ~4 % of the West African biodiversity hotspot. Method: We used diversity profiles to visualize the distribution of a total of 8848 arthropod individuals over seven land-use types which define the complete heterogeneity of the landscape. Results: Here, we present both sample and asymptotic diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies for each land-use type and the potential of each land-use type for conserving arthropods. Conclusions: We conclude that (1) the morphospecies approach is useful for detecting differences in species diversity of land-use types; (2) the concept of asymptotic diversity may not be necessary for land-use based biodiversity comparison; and (3) maximum diversity profiles are useful for determining the land-use conservation values in cases where pristine areas are not available.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/296790
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 4.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.357
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dc.contributor.authorHackman, Kwame O.-
dc.contributor.authorGong, Peng-
dc.contributor.authorVenevsky, Sergey-
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-25T15:16:41Z-
dc.date.available2021-02-25T15:16:41Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationLandscape Ecology, 2017, v. 32, n. 1, p. 209-223-
dc.identifier.issn0921-2973-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/296790-
dc.description.abstract© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Context: The assessment of land-use impacts on biodiversity is one of the central themes of landscape ecology and conservation biology. However, due to the complexity of biodiversity, it is impossible to obtain complete information about the diversity of all species even for small areas, necessitating the selection of individual species or assemblages thereof as species surrogate. In parts of the world where taxonomic expertise is lacking, species identification has hindered progress in biodiversity conservation, and the only practical, relatively-accurate option, is the use of taxonomic minimalism. Objective: We carried out a rapid biodiversity assessment based on three surrogates—land-use (driver-surrogate), terrestrial arthropods (species-surrogate) and morphospecies (taxonomic-surrogate)—to determine the impacts of land-use on biodiversity of the Western Region (Ghana), an area covering ~4 % of the West African biodiversity hotspot. Method: We used diversity profiles to visualize the distribution of a total of 8848 arthropod individuals over seven land-use types which define the complete heterogeneity of the landscape. Results: Here, we present both sample and asymptotic diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies for each land-use type and the potential of each land-use type for conserving arthropods. Conclusions: We conclude that (1) the morphospecies approach is useful for detecting differences in species diversity of land-use types; (2) the concept of asymptotic diversity may not be necessary for land-use based biodiversity comparison; and (3) maximum diversity profiles are useful for determining the land-use conservation values in cases where pristine areas are not available.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofLandscape Ecology-
dc.subjectConservation-
dc.subjectLandscape-
dc.subjectBiodiversity-
dc.subjectDiversity profile-
dc.subjectDiversity-
dc.subjectSpecies-
dc.subjectArthropod-
dc.subjectLand use-
dc.subjectSurrogate-
dc.subjectMorphospecies-
dc.titleA rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10980-016-0440-4-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84983751464-
dc.identifier.volume32-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spage209-
dc.identifier.epage223-
dc.identifier.eissn1572-9761-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000392301500015-
dc.identifier.issnl0921-2973-

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