Potential species richness of frogs and diurnal butterflies in three biogeographical units from northeastern Colombia: conservation Implications
We present an estimation of the potential species richness of frogs, and diurnal butterflies distributed in the departments of Norte de Santander and Santander, Colombia, and analyze the implications for conservation of such high Andean species. From June 2012 to May 2016, we sampled across the Almo...
- Autores:
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Acevedo, Aldemar A.
Armesto Sanguino, Orlando
Olarte Quiñónez, Camilo Andrés
Solano, Liliana
Albornoz Espinel, Mónica María
Cabrera, James Alexis
Carrero Sarmiento, Diego Armando
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/68151
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/68151
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/69184/
- Palabra clave:
- 57 Ciencias de la vida; Biología / Life sciences; biology
biogeography
biological diversity
conservation
high Andean species
species distribution models.
biogeografía
conservación
diversidad biológica
especies altoandinas
modelo de distribución de especies.
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | We present an estimation of the potential species richness of frogs, and diurnal butterflies distributed in the departments of Norte de Santander and Santander, Colombia, and analyze the implications for conservation of such high Andean species. From June 2012 to May 2016, we sampled across the Almorzadero, Santurbán and Tamá biogeographical units to gather presence data of 7 anuran species and 29 butterflies species from the superfamily Papilionoidea. We modeled the potential distribution of each species, converted every model to binary, and the sum up of unique species per cell allowed to estimate the model of potential richness, generating the total number of species for every 1 km2 cell. Every model was validated against field data, vegetation cover, and altitude. Our results suggest the existence of species’ concentration zones, specifically in the places of convergence between biogeographical units; it was evident the high levels of data deficiency in some places. Finally, it was clear the importance of these zones as a continuum of biogeographic conditions to maintain the biological diversity. |
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