Temporal trends in global reptile species descriptions over three decades DOI
Jhonny J. M. Guedes,

Hidalgo Valentim Gomes de Lima,

Lucas Rosado Mendonça

и другие.

Systematics and Biodiversity, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 28, 2024

Despite the urgency imposed by current biodiversity crisis, many species remain undescribed, facing extinction before their formal recognition science. Accelerating descriptions is thus imperative. However, should be robust and based on good taxonomic practice, which may enhance long-term nomenclatural stability that crucial for scientific research conservation planning. Yet, few studies have assessed robustness of description. Here, we evaluated temporal trends in nearly 4,000 squamate reptiles spanning more than three decades (from 1990 to 2023). We observed an average increase about 115% number lines evidence used descriptions, such as pholidosis, morphometrics, genes sequenced molecular analysis. Type-series size decreased half lizards but remained roughly constant snakes, while page length dedicated showed upward trajectory both taxa, increasing 42.7% over time. Furthermore, our study highlights positive correlation between (i.e. measured provided, type-series size, pages) reviews, well impact collaborative efforts, with authors associated greater pages. Overall, become thorough recent decades. The proportion included analysis has grown time, all described annually years having data. hundreds new reptile being annually, potential invalidation future jeopardise efforts. Therefore, thorough, accurate are important addressing crisis providing reliable data analyses

Язык: Английский

A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases DOI Creative Commons
Mario R. Moura, Karoline Ceron, Jhonny J. M. Guedes

и другие.

PLoS Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22(7), С. e3002658 - e3002658

Опубликована: Июль 11, 2024

Tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) are model systems for global biodiversity science, but continuing data gaps, limited standardisation, ongoing flux in taxonomic nomenclature constrain integrative research on this group potentially cause biased inference. We combined harmonised taxonomic, spatial, phylogenetic, attribute with phylogeny-based multiple imputation to provide a comprehensive resource (TetrapodTraits 1.0.0) that includes values, predictions, sources body size, activity time, micro- macrohabitat, ecosystem, threat status, biogeography, insularity, environmental preferences, human influence, all 33,281 tetrapod species covered recent fully sampled phylogenies. assess gaps biases across taxa space, finding shared missing values increased taxon-level completeness richness clades. Prediction of using revealed substantial changes estimated macroecological patterns. These results highlight incurred by nonrandom missingness strategies best address them. While there is an obvious need further collection updates, our phylogeny-informed database traits can support more representation their attributes ecology, evolution, conservation research.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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EutherianCoP. An integrated biotic and climate database for conservation paleobiology based on eutherian mammals DOI Creative Commons
Alessandro Mondanaro, Giorgia Girardi,

Silvia Castiglione

и другие.

Scientific Data, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1
CaecilianTraits, an individual level trait database of Caecilians worldwide DOI Creative Commons

Pingfan Wei,

Yanfang Song,

Rui Tian

и другие.

Scientific Data, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Март 12, 2025

Functional traits differ among species, which determine the ecological niche a species occupies and its ability to adapt environment. However, differences in also exist at intraspecific level. Such variations shape individual survival capabilities. Investigating of functional is important for ecology, evolutionary biology biodiversity conservation. Individual trait-based approaches have been applied plant ecology. But animals, most databases only provide data In this study, we presented global database morphological caecilians (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) both Caecilians are unique group amphibians characterized by their secretive habits, limited our understanding taxon. We compiled comprehensive covering 218 out 222 known with 215 them level data. This will facilitate research biology, conservation taxonomy caecilians. Furthermore, dataset can be utilized test hypotheses

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0
Diverging Conservation Priorities Across New Guinea: Conflicts and Opportunities DOI Creative Commons
Christoph Parsch, Pierre Denelle,

Elen Bless

и другие.

Global Ecology and Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. e03549 - e03549

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0
Macroecological correlates of Darwinian shortfalls across terrestrial vertebrates DOI
Jhonny J. M. Guedes, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho, Mario R. Moura

и другие.

Biology Letters, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(7)

Опубликована: Июль 1, 2024

Most described species have not been explicitly included in phylogenetic trees-a problem named the Darwinian shortfall-owing to a lack of molecular and/or morphological data, thus hampering explicit incorporation evolution into large-scale biodiversity analyses. We investigate potential drivers shortfall tetrapods, group which at least one-third still necessitating imputation their evolutionary relationships fully sampled phylogenies. show that number preserved specimens scientific collections is main driver knowledge accumulation, highlighting major role biological unveiling novel data and importance continued sampling efforts reduce gaps. Additionally, large-bodied wide-ranged species, as well terrestrial aquatic amphibians reptiles, are phylogenetically better known. Future should prioritize research on organisms narrow-ranged, small-bodied underrepresented collections, such fossorial species. Addressing will be imperative for advancing our understanding shaping patterns implementing comprehensive conservation strategies.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

2
AVOTREX: A Global Dataset of Extinct Birds and Their Traits DOI Creative Commons
Ferran Sayol, Joseph P. Wayman, Paul Dufour

и другие.

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 33(12)

Опубликована: Окт. 24, 2024

ABSTRACT Motivation Human activities have been reshaping the natural world for tens of thousands years, leading to extinction hundreds bird species. Past research has provided evidence selectivity towards certain groups species, but trait information is lacking majority clades, especially prehistoric extinctions identified only through subfossil remains. This incomplete knowledge potentially obscures structure communities, undermining our ability infer changes in biodiversity across space and time, including trends functional phylogenetic diversity. Biases currently available data also limit identify drivers processes extinction. Here we present AVOTREX, an open‐access database species traits all birds known gone extinct last 130,000 years. provides detailed morphological 610 along with a pipeline build trees that include these Main Types Variables Contained For each provide on taxonomy, geographic location, period We island endemicity, flight ability, body mass, as well standard measurements external (matching AVONET extant birds) skeletal morphology from museum specimens where available. To ensure comprehensive coverage, estimate missing using imputation technique based machine learning. Finally, R package graft onto global phylogeny (BirdTree). Spatial Location Grain Global. Time Period All globally years ago up until 2024. Major Taxa Level Measurement Birds (Class Aves), level. Software Format Spreadsheets (.csv) stored Dryad.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1
Genomic Insights Into Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Conservatism and Innovation in Frogs DOI Open Access
Bin Zuo,

Rong-Mei Chen,

Xiaolong Tang

и другие.

Integrative Zoology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 11, 2024

Examining closely related species evolving in similar environments offers valuable insights into the mechanisms driving phylogenetic conservatism and evolutionary lability. This can elucidate intricate relationship between inheritance environmental factors. Nonetheless, precise genomic dynamics molecular underpinnings of this process remain enigmatic. study explores adaptation exhibited by two high-altitude frog species: Nanorana parkeri N. pleskei. We assembled a high-quality genome for Tibetan pleskei compared it to genomes their lowland relatives. Our findings reveal that these diverged approximately 16.6 million years ago, pointing possible ancestral colonization high-elevation habitats. Following colonization, significant adaptive evolution occurred both coding non-coding regions lineage. led notable phenotypic alterations, as evidenced reduced body size. Also, due purifying selection, most features persisted descendant species, indicating strong element conservatism. However, evolved novel adaptations exacerbated challenges Tibet Plateau, mainly hypoxia response. Furthermore, our analysis underscores critical role regulatory variations evolution. Notably, hub genes networks, such EGLN3, accumulated more they were transmitted from ancestors descendants. In sum, sheds light on profound lasting impact genetic heritage species'

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0
Niche Construction DOI
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Arthur Ramalho Magalhães, Reginaldo A. F. Gusmão

и другие.

Elsevier eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0
Temporal trends in global reptile species descriptions over three decades DOI
Jhonny J. M. Guedes,

Hidalgo Valentim Gomes de Lima,

Lucas Rosado Mendonça

и другие.

Systematics and Biodiversity, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 28, 2024

Despite the urgency imposed by current biodiversity crisis, many species remain undescribed, facing extinction before their formal recognition science. Accelerating descriptions is thus imperative. However, should be robust and based on good taxonomic practice, which may enhance long-term nomenclatural stability that crucial for scientific research conservation planning. Yet, few studies have assessed robustness of description. Here, we evaluated temporal trends in nearly 4,000 squamate reptiles spanning more than three decades (from 1990 to 2023). We observed an average increase about 115% number lines evidence used descriptions, such as pholidosis, morphometrics, genes sequenced molecular analysis. Type-series size decreased half lizards but remained roughly constant snakes, while page length dedicated showed upward trajectory both taxa, increasing 42.7% over time. Furthermore, our study highlights positive correlation between (i.e. measured provided, type-series size, pages) reviews, well impact collaborative efforts, with authors associated greater pages. Overall, become thorough recent decades. The proportion included analysis has grown time, all described annually years having data. hundreds new reptile being annually, potential invalidation future jeopardise efforts. Therefore, thorough, accurate are important addressing crisis providing reliable data analyses

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0