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Drivers of taxonomic bias in conservation research: a global analysis of terrestrial mammals

Santos, J. W. ; Correia, R. A. ; Malhado, A. C. M. ; Campos‐Silva, J. V. ; Teles, D. ; Jepson, P. ; Ladle, R. J.

Animal conservation, 2020-12, Vol.23 (6), p.679-688 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    Drivers of taxonomic bias in conservation research: a global analysis of terrestrial mammals
  • Autor: Santos, J. W. ; Correia, R. A. ; Malhado, A. C. M. ; Campos‐Silva, J. V. ; Teles, D. ; Jepson, P. ; Ladle, R. J.
  • Assuntos: Animal behavior ; Bias ; Biodiversity ; biodiversity conservation ; Biogeography ; Body mass ; Capacity ; Conservation ; Funding ; Human resources ; Invasiveness ; knowledge production ; Mammals ; Marine mammals ; Mathematical analysis ; Research projects ; research volume ; scientific capacity ; Species ; taxonomic bias ; Taxonomy ; Terrestrial environments ; Wildlife conservation
  • É parte de: Animal conservation, 2020-12, Vol.23 (6), p.679-688
  • Descrição: Scientific knowledge of species and the ecosystems they inhabit is the cornerstone of modern conservation. However, research effort is not spread evenly among taxa (taxonomic bias), which may constrain capacity to identify conservation risk and to implement effective responses. Addressing such biases requires an understanding of factors that promote or constrain the use of a particular species in research projects. To this end, we quantified conservation science knowledge of the world’s extant non‐marine mammal species (n = 4108) based on the number of published documents in journals indexed on Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science™. We use an innovative hurdle model approach to assess the relative importance of several ecological, biogeographical and cultural factors for explaining variation in research production between species. The most important variable explaining the presence/absence of conservation research was scientific capacity of countries within the range of the species, followed by body mass and years since the taxonomic description. Research volume (more than one document) was strongly associated with number of years since the data describing on that species, followed by scientific capacity within the range of species, high body mass and invasiveness. The threat status was weakly associated to explain the presence/absence and research volume in conservation research. These results can be interpreted as a consequence of the dynamic interplay between the perceived need for conservation research about a species and its appropriateness as a target of research. As anticipated, the scientific capacity of the countries where a species is found is a strong driver of conservation research bias, reflecting the high variation in conservation research funding and human resources between countries. Our study suggests that this bias could be most effectively reduced by a combination of investing in pioneering research, targeted funding and supporting research in countries with low scientific capacity and high biodiversity. In this study, we use a combination of culturomics and scientometrics to evaluate at a global scale why conservation scientists choose to work on certain species, using terrestrial mammal species as our model group. Our findings show that the most important variable explaining the presence/absence of conservation research was scientific capacity of countries within the range of the species, followed by body mass and years since the taxonomic description. Research volume (more than one document) was strongly associated number of years since the data describing on that species, followed by scientific capacity within the range of species, high body mass and invasiveness. The threat‐status was weakly associated to explain the presence/absence and research volume in conservation research. Our study suggests that this bias could be most effectively reduced by a combination of investing in pioneering research, targeted funding and supporting research in countries with low scientific capacity and high biodiversity..
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  • Idioma: Inglês
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