Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity

Amano, Tatsuya; Berdejo‐Espinola, Violeta; Christie, Alec P.; Willott, Kate; Akasaka, Munemitsu; Báldi, András; Berthinussen, Anna; Bertolino, Sandro; Bladon, Andrew J.; Chen, Min; Choi, Chang‐Yong; Kharrat, Magda Bou Dagher; Oliveira, Luís Guilherme de; Farhat, Perla; Golivets, Marina; Aranzamendi, Nataly Hidalgo; Jantke, Kerstin; Kajzer‐Bonk, Joanna; Aytekin, M. Çisel Kemahlı; Khorozyan, Igor; Kito, Kensuke; Konno, Ko; Lin, Da‐Li; Littlewood, Nick A.; Liu, Yang; Liu, Yifan; Loretto, Matthias‐Claudio; Marconi, Valentina; Martin, Philip A.; Morgan, William H.; Narváez-Gómez, Juan Pablo; Negret, Pablo José; Nourani, Elham; Quintero, José Manuel Ochoa; Ockendon, Nancy; Oh, Rachel Rui Ying; Petrovan, Silviu O.; Piovezan-Borges, Ana Cláudia; Pollet, Ingrid L.; Ramos, Danielle Leal; Segovia, Ana L. Reboredo; Rivera‐Villanueva, A. Nayelli; Rocha, Ricardo; Rouyer, Marie-Morgane; Sainsbury, Katherine A.; Schuster, Richard; Schwab, Dominik; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Seo, Hemin; Shackelford, Gorm E.; Shinoda, Yushin; Smith, Rebecca K.; Tao, Shan-Dar; Tsai, Ming-shan; Tyler, Elizabeth; Vajna, Flóra; Valdebenito, José O.; Vozykova, Svetlana; Waryszak, Paweł; Zamora‐Gutiérrez, Veronica; Zenni, Rafael Dudeque; Zhou, Wenjun; Sutherland, William J.

doi:10.1101/2021.05.24.445520

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“…With the majority of brood parasitism publications resulting from work conducted in North America and Europe (Figures 2, 3b; Table S4), this geographic bias is similar to that seen in the wider ecology literature (Amano et al, 2021;Martin et al, 2012;Nuñez et al, 2019Nuñez et al, , 2021. Furthermore, we found that once a field site was established, it often became the subject of further brood parasitism studies (Figure 2).…”

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The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships

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Coevolution-the process of reciprocal evolutionary change driven by cycles of adaptation and counteradaptation in pairs of interacting species-often produces stunning yet tractable phenotypes in the involved species (Dawkins & Krebs, 1979). As such, these exchanges have become a dominant feature of research aiming to explain the world's biodiversity (Betts et al., 2016;Feeney et al., 2014;Strauss & Irwin, 2004). Examples of coevolution are found throughout the natural world and include interactions between iconic duos, such as predatory bats which have evolved finely tuned sensory systems to hunt their moth prey and the respective moths which have, in turn, evolved to jam their predators' echolocation (Corcoran et al., 2009); and figs (Ficus sp.) that can only be pollinated by certain species of fig wasps (Agaonidae), which in turn rely on the figs to harbour their eggs and larvae as they mature (Machado et al., 2005

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The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships

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“…It is estimated that up to one‐third of articles in conservation biology are published in languages other than English (Amano et al, 2016) and that ignoring this literature could bias understanding (Amano et al, 2021; Konno et al, 2020). Systematically excluding studies by searching only in English can change the conclusions of syntheses and bias results towards developed regions, especially North America and Europe, that do not represent global trends.…”

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A framework and case study to systematically identify long‐term insect abundance and diversity datasets

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Montgomery

Boyes

et al. 2022

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Biodiversity is in crisis, and insects are no exception. To understand insect population and community trends globally, it is necessary to identify and synthesize diverse datasets representing different taxa, regions, and habitats. The relevant literature is, however, vast and challenging to aggregate. The Entomological Global Evidence Map (EntoGEM) project is a systematic effort to search for and catalogue studies with long-term data that can be used to understand changes in insect abundance and diversity. Here, we present the overall EntoGEM framework and results of the first completed subproject of the systematic map, which compiled sources of information about changes in dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) occurrence, abundance, biomass, distribution, and diversity. We identified 45 multi-year odonate datasets, including 10 studies with data that span more than 10 years. If data from each study could be gathered or extracted, these studies could contribute to analyses of long-term population trends of this important group of indicator insects. The methods † Deceased prior to final manuscript completion (September, 2021) but made significant intellectual contributions to the project with expectation of co-authorship.

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“…For example a recent special issue regarding the Lower Mekong basin included no articles examining freshwater turtles (with 20 published articles, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Mekong_River#published, accessed 8 September 2021). The inclusion of the Conservation Evidence database with its comprehensive coverage of both English and non-English language literature increases confidence that the geographic patterns are most likely a result of lack of documented evidence and not language based search bias (Amano et al, 2021).…”

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Impacts of dams on freshwater turtles: a global review to identify conservation solutions

Bárcenas-García

Michalski

Morgan

et al. 2021

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Dams create many impacts on freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. Freshwater turtles are at direct and indirect risk due to changes caused by damming including the loss of terrestrial and aquatic nesting and feeding habitats, changes to resource availability and reduced dispersal. We reviewed the global scientific literature that evaluated the impact of dams on freshwater turtles, and carried out additional searches of literature published in seventeen languages for studies evaluating actions to mitigate the impact of dams. The search produced 43 published articles documenting dam impacts on 29 freshwater turtle species from seven families (Chelidae, Chelydridae, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae, Podocnemididae and Trionychidae) in 13 countries. More than a third of studies (41.9%, n = 18) focused on nine North American species of the Emydidae. Few studies were found from Europe and Asia and none from Africa. The number of studies, life-history stage studied and threat status differed significantly between temperate and tropical latitudes. Most studies were from temperate latitudes, where studies focused more on adults and less threatened species compared with tropical latitudes. Studies evaluated dam impacts as barriers and changes to water flow and quality, but no studies were found that assessed turtles and changes to land cover or mercury caused by dams. More than half of the studies (59%, n = 24) suggested actions to help mitigate dam impacts. Yet, only four studies on three temperate and one tropical species documented the effect of interventions (dam removal, flow management, artificial pond maintenance and community-based action). These findings demonstrate a lack of documented evidence evaluating dam impacts on freshwater turtles particularly in tropical regions. This lack of evidence reinforces the importance of strengthening and maintaining robust long-term studies of freshwater turtles needed to develop effective conservation actions for this group of vertebrates.

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Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity

Cited by 22 publications

References 40 publications

The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships

The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships

A framework and case study to systematically identify long‐term insect abundance and diversity datasets

Impacts of dams on freshwater turtles: a global review to identify conservation solutions

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