Identifying priority areas for invertebrate conservation using land snails as models

Ovando, Ximena Maria Constanza; Miranda, María José; Loyola, Rafael; Cuezzo, María Gabriela

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2019.04.004

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“…Odontostomidae comprises six genera, from which Clessinia and Plagiodontes account for almost half of the known records for odontostomids. Their distribution is highly overlapped in northern Córdoba province, where an area of priority for land snail conservation has been proposed (Ovando et al, 2019). Within Odontostomidae, Plagiodontes is the genus reaching the most austral latitudes.…”

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The relevance of ecoregions and mountainous environments in the diversity and endemism of land gastropods

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Domı́nguez

Miranda

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Twenty-five sub-ecoregions make Argentina from southern South America a favored area to study the mutual correspondence between environments and biodiversity. Unfortunately, efforts devoted to study these environments are unbalanced, with the subtropical dry forests less studied than the tropical and subtropical humid ones. Since the limits of ecoregions are based on vegetation criteria, land gastropods represent an independent source of information to test the relevance of sub-ecoregions in different aspects of biodiversity. We ask if land gastropods mirror these traditional diversity patterns when their distributions are framed in the context of sub-ecoregions. Additionally, we want to test if short-range endemic species (SRE) are randomly scattered across the sub-ecoregions. We first built an updated taxonomic checklist and mapped all the valid records compiled to date. Taxonomic richness, taxonomic diversity, and beta-diversity between sub-ecoregions were calculated. We obtained a hierarchical grouping of sub-ecoregions and the respective list of species that significantly support each cluster. We also developed two new analytical resources: a radial plot for showing the species composition of clusters resolved at three taxonomic levels, and a mixed coefficient of distributional size useful to identify SRE from sparse point records. This dimensionless measure of spatial range combines information of both the convex hull area and the length of the minimum spanning tree connecting point localities of presence. The Southern Andean Yungas and Dry Chaco are the species-level richest ecoregions. Although the Paranaense Forest harbors half of the number of species found in the Chaco Serrano, it reaches the highest score of taxonomic diversity because of the eclectic nature of their genera. SRE species are not randomly distributed across the sub-ecoregions, but they broadly overlap with the orographic Peripampasic arc extended over Chaco Serrano and Yungas Forests. SREs are highly dependent on the physical nature of the landscape.

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The relevance of ecoregions and mountainous environments in the diversity and endemism of land gastropods

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Domı́nguez

Miranda

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“…Species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely used across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine realms to identify species-environment relationships and to identify priority areas, 'hotspots' of vulnerable species (Ovando et al, 2019;Pennino et al, 2019a;Lyons et al, 2020;Epele et al, 2021) or essential fish habitat (Colloca et al, 2015;Laman et al, 2018). A variety of methodological approaches have been developed over the last decades to generate SDMs, such as Neural Networks (Özesmi and Özesmi, 1999), Boosted Regression Trees (Elith et al, 2008;Wege et al, 2021), Maximum Entropy (Phillips et al, 2006), Generalized Linear Regression Model (Guisan et al, 2002), and Additive Regression Models (Swartzman et al, 1992;Austin, 2007).…”

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Identifying Priority Conservation Areas of Largehead Hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) Nursery Grounds in the East China Sea

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Identifying the spatio-temporal distribution hotspots of fishes and allocating priority conservation areas could facilitate the spatial planning and efficient management. As a flagship commercial fishery species, Largehead hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) has been over-exploited since the early 2000s. Therefore, the spatio-temporal management of largehead hairtail nursery grounds could effective help its recovery. This study aims to predict juvenile largehead hairtail distribution patterns and identify priority conservation areas for nursery grounds. A two-stage hierarchical Bayesian spatio-temporal model was applied on independent scientific survey data (Catch per unit effort, CPUE) and geographic/physical variables (Depth, Distance to the coast, Sea bottom temperature, Dissolved oxygen concentration and Net primary production) to analyze the probability of occurrence and abundance distribution of juvenile largehead hairtail. We assessed the importance of each variable for explaining the occurrence and abundance. Using persistence index, we measured the robustness of hotspots and identified persistent hotspots for priority conservation areas. Selected models showed good predictive capacity on occurrence probability (AUC = 0.81) and abundance distribution (r = 0.89) of juvenile largehead hairtail. Dissolved oxygen, net primary production, and sea bottom temperature significantly affected the probability of occurrence, while distance to the coast also affected the abundance distribution. Three stable nursery grounds were identified in Zhejiang inshore waters, the largest one was located on the east margin of the East China Sea hairtail national aquatic germplasm resources conservation zones (TCZ), suggesting that the core area of nursery grounds occurs outside the protected areas. Therefore, recognition of these sites and their associated geographic/oceanic attributes provides clear targets for optimizing largehead hairtail conservation efforts in the East China Sea. We suggested that the eastern and southern areas of TCZ should be included in conservation planning for an effective management within a network of marine protected areas.

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“…Land gastropods are suffering habitat loss and competition from introduced species (more numerous and prolific every year), although are regarded as non-charismatic groups for conservation purposes ( Régnier, Fontaine & Bouchet, 2009 ; Régnier et al, 2015 ). In the case of Orthalicoidean land snail in Argentina, only 3% of their average species distribution ranges are safeguarded within current protected areas, showing that the existing protected areas system is not effective at all for the protection of this invertebrate group ( Ovando et al, 2019 ). In the present study, we found that 14.5% of the total current distributional area of 72,672 km 2 of S. lyratus is inside the system of protected areas.…”

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Geographic distribution modeling and taxonomy of Stephadiscus lyratus (Cothouny in Gould, 1846) (Charopidae) reveal potential distributional areas of the species along the Patagonian Forests

Cuezzo

Medina

Nieto

2021

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Background Stephadiscus lyratus (Couthouy in Gould, 1846), an endemic Charopidae from southern South America, was described from few dry shells. The distribution of this species is known on scattering occurrences, mainly from material deposited in museum collections. We provide here new information on anatomy, habitat, and microhabitat preferences and estimate the potential geographic distribution of the species to test if it is exclusively endemic to the Subpolar Magellanic Forest. Methods Fieldwork was carried out in the National Parks of the Patagonian Forests. Snails were photographed, measured, and dissected for anatomical studies; shells were studied with scanning electron microscopy. Estimation of the species geographical distribution (EGD) was obtained through correlative ecological niche modeling (ENM). We designed a calibration area a priori with known species points of occurrence in the Magellanic Subpolar Forests and borders of the Patagonian steppe. Seven bioclimatic variables of the WorldClim database were used. The best ENMs were calibrated and selected using a maximum entropy method with Maxent v3.3.3K through the R package “kuenm”. Candidate models were created by combining four values of regularization multiplier and all possible combinations of three feature classes. We evaluated candidate model performance based on significance (partial ROC), omission rates (E = 5%), and model complexity (AICc). From the best models obtained, a final model was transferred to a region “G” consisting of the calibration area plus the Valdivian Temperate Forests and whole Patagonian steppe, where we hypothesize that the species could be present. Finally, we obtained binary presence-absence maps. We quantified the proportion of the occurrence points and distribution range of S. lyratus in different land cover categories. To explore the degree of protection of S. lyratus’EGD, we quantified the proportion of its distributional range within protected areas. Results A be-lobed kidney, a close secondary ureter, the terminal portion of the uterus forming a compact glandular mass, and the vas deferens with a dilatation are new anatomical information that distinguishes this species. Stephadiscus lyratus inhabit cold native forest areas, mainly living on or under humid logs in contact with the ground. The main constraining variables to explain S. lyratus distribution in the EGD were BIO3, BIO12, BIO6, and BIO4. The potential area of distribution obtained almost duplicates their original range (140,454 km2) extending to the Valdivian Temperate forests mainly in Chile. Natural and semi-natural terrestrial vegetation was predominant in the potential area of distribution of S. lyratus. However, only 14.7% of this area occurs within current protected areas from Argentina and Chile. The ectothermic physiological traits of this species, low dispersal capacity, and its narrow habitat requirements turn S. lyratus into a potentially vulnerable species.

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Identifying priority areas for invertebrate conservation using land snails as models

Cited by 15 publications

References 50 publications

The relevance of ecoregions and mountainous environments in the diversity and endemism of land gastropods

The relevance of ecoregions and mountainous environments in the diversity and endemism of land gastropods

Identifying Priority Conservation Areas of Largehead Hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) Nursery Grounds in the East China Sea

Geographic distribution modeling and taxonomy of Stephadiscus lyratus (Cothouny in Gould, 1846) (Charopidae) reveal potential distributional areas of the species along the Patagonian Forests

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