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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species
Conservation Letters, Volume 4, No. 6, Year 2011
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Description
Human population growth and economic development threaten the integrity of freshwater ecosystems globally, reducing their ability to support biodiversity and provide ecosystem services. However, our knowledge of freshwater biodiversity is fragmented due to bias in conservation research toward primarily terrestrial or charismatic taxonomic groups. Here, we utilize the most comprehensive assessment of freshwater biodiversity for an entire continent to examine the implications of this shortfall. Results indicate that groups that have been the focus of most conservation research are poor surrogates for patterns of both richness and threat for many freshwater groups, and that the existing protected area network underrepresents freshwater species. Areas of highest species richness and threat are congruent with areas where reliance on ecosystem services by humans and pressures placed on freshwater ecosystems are high. These results have implications for targets to reduce biodiversity loss and safeguard associated ecosystem services on which millions of people depend globally. ©2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Darwall, William Robert Thomas
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Holland, Robert A.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Smith, Kevin G.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Allen, David J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Brooks, Emma G.E.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Katarya, Vineet
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Pollock, Caroline M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Shi, Yichuan
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Clausnitzer, Viola
Germany, Görlitz
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Cumberlidge, Neil
United States, Marquette
Northern Michigan University
Cuttelod, Annabelle
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B.
Netherlands, Leiden
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Diop, Mame D.
Senegal, Dakar
Wetlands International Afrique
García, Nieves
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Global Species Programme
Seddon, Mary B.
United Kingdom, Okehampton
Iucn Ssc Mollusc Specialist Group
Skelton, Paul Harvey
South Africa, Grahamstown
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Snoeks, Jos
Belgium, Tervuren
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Tweddle, Denis
South Africa, Grahamstown
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Vié, Jean Christophe
Switzerland, Gland
Global Species Programme
Statistics
Citations: 155
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00202.x
e-ISSN:
1755263X
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study