Author(s): Bolochio, Bruna E. [UNESP] ; Lescano, Julián N. ; Cordier, Javier Maximiliano ; Loyola, Rafael ; Nori, Javier
Date: 2020
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/200272
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Amphibian decline; Ecomorph; Human pressure; Land use; Protected areas; Amphibian decline; Amphibian decline; Ecomorph; Ecomorph; Human pressure; Human pressure; Land use; Land use; Protected areas; Protected areas
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações
Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
In anurans, habitat requirements strongly influence morphological evolution, resulting in ecomorphological groups. Current policy for amphibian conservation usually builds on species, without considering to the distinct vulnerability among ecomorphs. With nearly 40% of the amphibian species currently threatened with extinction, different conservation perspectives are essential to protect them. Here, we provide a global overview and future forecast of the threat level imposed on amphibian microhabitat-related ecomorphs. We analyzed the patterns of distribution of seven ecomorphs totaling 3138 species (aquatic, semi-aquatic, arboreal, semi-arboreal, burrowing, terrestrial, and torrential), related these patterns with current and likely future human-dominated landscapes, and estimated the overlap of ecomorph distribution with existing protected areas (PAs). Our results evidence key regions for amphibian conservation under the ecomorphological perspective. In these key regions, coexist more than a half of the world's ecomorphs, some of them in imperiled regions such as the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Our results also showed that current PAs are inefficient to represent all amphibian life forms. In fact, 53% of the species have less than 1% of their distribution occurring inside PAs. This picture seems to be alarming to the most restricted and endemic ecomorph (Torrential species), which are limited to areas where increasing human-driven land transformation are expected. Considering these results, the future of some amphibian life forms may be uncertain unless urgent conservation actions are taken, such as the establishment of new conservation areas that encompasses all levels of amphibian diversity.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) Campus São José do Rio Preto
Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA-CONICET) and Centro de Zoología Aplicada Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Rondeau 798
Laboratório de Biogeografia da Conservação Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Goiás
Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) Campus São José do Rio Preto
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás: 201810267000023
CNPq: 306694/2018-2
CNPq: 465610/2014-5
Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica: PICT 2017-2666
