Taxonomy and ecological niche modeling: Implications for the conservation of wood partridges (genus Dendrortyx) |
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| Institution: | 1. Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Lomas del Estadio s/n Zona Universitaria, Xalapa, Veracruz 9100, Mexico;2. Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología A.C. Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91500, Mexico;1. Medical Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Institut de Cancérologie des Hospices Civils de Lyon (IC-HCL), CITOHL, F-69310, Pierre-Bénite, France;2. Medical Oncology Unit, Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia;4. Medical Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France;5. EORTC, 83 Avenue Mounier, Bruxelles, Belgium;6. EMR UCBL/HCL 3738, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, F-69600, Oullins, France;7. Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France;8. Hospices Civils de Lyon, Biostatistics Unit, F-69003, Lyon, France;9. CNRS UMR 5558, Biometry and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, Health and Biostatistics Team, Villeurbanne, France;1. Herbario Eizi Matuda, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México;2. Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington D. C., USA 20013–7012;3. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, USA. 63166–0299;4. El Colegio de La Frontera Sur, Unidad San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, 29290, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México;1. Ecology Department, University of Szeged, H-6726, Közép fasor 52, Szeged, Hungary;2. BirdLife Hungary, Költö u. 21, 1121 Budapest, Hungary;3. MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary;4. MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, c/o Biological Institute, Eötvös Lóránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary and Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary;1. Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;2. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA;3. Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA;4. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;5. Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;6. Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA;1. Environment Agency Austria, Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria;2. ISPRA Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Via V. Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy;3. Chair IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Via V. Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy;4. IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Via Mazzola 38, 00142 Rome, Italy;5. European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark;6. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Valhallavägen 195, 10648 Stockholm, Sweden;7. Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty Centre of Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | Ecological niche models (ENMs) have a wide range of biological applications, particularly in conservation. To build these models, two sources of information are needed: occurrence records for the species of interest and environmental variables. However, taxonomic limits are often unclear, and the selection of occurrence data depends on the species concept being used. In this study we generated ENMs based on different taxonomic levels within the Dendrortyx group, which is comprised of three species and several subspecies; we analyzed the geographic and ecological distribution patterns and discuss the implications for the biogeography and conservation of this group. Our results suggest that the area with suitable climate depends on the taxonomic category used in the model, which in turn affects the interpretation of the importance of different biogeographic barriers and introduces variation into the potential differentiation of Dendrortyx. In terms of conservation, Dendrortyx macroura and Dendrortyx leucophrys are in a low risk category, that of “least concern,” although they may be amended to a higher category when their allopatric lineages are considered as the units for modeling. We suggest carrying out an a priori taxonomic analysis to facilitate the empirical identification of the units to be modeled in order to allow for a better ecological and biogeographic interpretation and more sound conservation policies. |
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| Keywords: | Conservation Ecological niche modeling Geographic and ecological distribution Species concept Taxonomic categories |
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