Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates
The biodiversity knowledge has several deficits. The wallacean shortfall—related to species distribution unknowledge—is one of the most studied shortfalls. It is important to identify gaps and biases in spatial biodiversity knowledge. However, to find out where the main biodiversity deficits are we...
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| author | Nicolas Silva Bosco Victor Mateus Prasniewski Jessie Pereira Santos Natália Stefanini da Silveira Laurence Culot Milton Cezar Ribeiro Geiziane Tessarolo Thadeu Sobral-Souza |
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| description | The biodiversity knowledge has several deficits. The wallacean shortfall—related to species distribution unknowledge—is one of the most studied shortfalls. It is important to identify gaps and biases in spatial biodiversity knowledge. However, to find out where the main biodiversity deficits are we need to know how the biodiversity spatial sampling changes according to spatial scale. Here we use an extensive dataset of Atlantic Forest primates to test spatial bias as a function of spatial scales and cell-size resolutions. Our findings indicate that the sampling coverage and spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates are biased depending on spatial cell-size resolution and scale. We also show that from a broad-scale perspective (regional and global) primate spatial knowledge is spatially unbiased regardless of cell-size resolution considered. In contrast, in narrow-scale perspectives the knowledge may have or not spatial bias depending on the cell-size resolution. Our results suggest that sampling bias can be present or more pronounced in narrow-scale in a local perspective. Thus, the choice of scale and spatial resolution on ecological studies must consider the potential impacts of sampling bias accordingly to each scale and cell-size resolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff1c0cf5572b4958b37acc84cad982d92022-12-22T04:38:57ZengElsevierPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation2530-06442022-10-01204338345Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primatesNicolas Silva Bosco0Victor Mateus Prasniewski1Jessie Pereira Santos2Natália Stefanini da Silveira3Laurence Culot4Milton Cezar Ribeiro5Geiziane Tessarolo6Thadeu Sobral-Souza7Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil; Corresponding author.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, BrazilDepartamento de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Rio Claro, BrazilDepartamento de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Rio Claro, BrazilDepartamento de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Rio Claro, Brazil; Environmental Studies Center (CEA), São Paulo State University - UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, BrazilPrograma de Pós-graduação em Recursos Naturais do Cerrado, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, BrazilLaboratório de Macroecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, BrazilThe biodiversity knowledge has several deficits. The wallacean shortfall—related to species distribution unknowledge—is one of the most studied shortfalls. It is important to identify gaps and biases in spatial biodiversity knowledge. However, to find out where the main biodiversity deficits are we need to know how the biodiversity spatial sampling changes according to spatial scale. Here we use an extensive dataset of Atlantic Forest primates to test spatial bias as a function of spatial scales and cell-size resolutions. Our findings indicate that the sampling coverage and spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates are biased depending on spatial cell-size resolution and scale. We also show that from a broad-scale perspective (regional and global) primate spatial knowledge is spatially unbiased regardless of cell-size resolution considered. In contrast, in narrow-scale perspectives the knowledge may have or not spatial bias depending on the cell-size resolution. Our results suggest that sampling bias can be present or more pronounced in narrow-scale in a local perspective. Thus, the choice of scale and spatial resolution on ecological studies must consider the potential impacts of sampling bias accordingly to each scale and cell-size resolution.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064422000530Biodiversity biasAtlantic ForestPrimatesMacroecologySpatial ecology |
| spellingShingle | Nicolas Silva Bosco Victor Mateus Prasniewski Jessie Pereira Santos Natália Stefanini da Silveira Laurence Culot Milton Cezar Ribeiro Geiziane Tessarolo Thadeu Sobral-Souza Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Biodiversity bias Atlantic Forest Primates Macroecology Spatial ecology |
| title | Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates |
| title_full | Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates |
| title_fullStr | Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates |
| title_short | Scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of Atlantic Forest primates |
| title_sort | scale affects the understanding of biases on the spatial knowledge of atlantic forest primates |
| topic | Biodiversity bias Atlantic Forest Primates Macroecology Spatial ecology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064422000530 |
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