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DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0131452
Using Range-Wide Abundance Modeling to Identify Key Conservation Areas for the Micro-Endemic Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)
Urena-Aranda, Cinthya A.1,2; Rojas-Soto, Octavio2; Martinez-Meyer, Enrique3; Yanez-Arenas, Carlos; Landgrave Ramirez, Rosario4; Espinosa de los Monteros, Alejandro2
通讯作者Espinosa de los Monteros, Alejandro
来源期刊PLOS ONE
ISSN1932-6203
出版年2015
卷号10期号:6
英文摘要

A widespread biogeographic pattern in nature is that population abundance is not uniform across the geographic range of species: most occurrence sites have relatively low numbers, whereas a few places contain orders of magnitude more individuals. The Bolson tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus is endemic to a small region of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, where habitat deterioration threatens this species with extinction. In this study we combined field burrows counts and the approach for modeling species abundance based on calculating the distance to the niche centroid to obtain range-wide abundance estimates. For the Bolson tortoise, we found a robust, negative relationship between observed burrows abundance and distance to the niche centroid, with a predictive capacity of 71%. Based on these results we identified four priority areas for the conservation of this microendemic and threatened tortoise. We conclude that this approach may be a useful approximation for identifying key areas for sampling and conservation efforts in elusive and rare species.


类型Article
语种英语
国家Mexico
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000358147500160
WOS关键词SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS ; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS ; IMPROVE PREDICTION ; MACROECOLOGY ; SUITABILITY ; PATTERNS ; HABITAT ; SCALES
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/189802
作者单位1.Inst Ecol AC, Div Posgrad, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico;
2.Inst Ecol AC, Biol Evolut, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico;
3.Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Zool, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico;
4.Inst Ecol AC, Ecol Func, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Urena-Aranda, Cinthya A.,Rojas-Soto, Octavio,Martinez-Meyer, Enrique,et al. Using Range-Wide Abundance Modeling to Identify Key Conservation Areas for the Micro-Endemic Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)[J]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,2015,10(6).
APA Urena-Aranda, Cinthya A.,Rojas-Soto, Octavio,Martinez-Meyer, Enrique,Yanez-Arenas, Carlos,Landgrave Ramirez, Rosario,&Espinosa de los Monteros, Alejandro.(2015).Using Range-Wide Abundance Modeling to Identify Key Conservation Areas for the Micro-Endemic Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus).PLOS ONE,10(6).
MLA Urena-Aranda, Cinthya A.,et al."Using Range-Wide Abundance Modeling to Identify Key Conservation Areas for the Micro-Endemic Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)".PLOS ONE 10.6(2015).
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