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Taxonomic and Geographic Bias in Conservation Biology Research: A Systematic Review of Wildfowl Demography Studies.
Roberts, Beth E I; Harris, W Edwin; Hilton, Geoff M; Marsden, Stuart J.
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  • Roberts BE; Division of Biology and Conservation Biology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Harris WE; Division of Biology and Conservation Biology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Hilton GM; Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
  • Marsden SJ; Division of Biology and Conservation Biology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
PLoS One ; 11(5): e0153908, 2016.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27166624
Demographic data are important to wildlife managers to gauge population health, to allow populations to be utilised sustainably, and to inform conservation efforts. We analysed published demographic data on the world's wildfowl to examine taxonomic and geographic biases in study, and to identify gaps in knowledge. Wildfowl (order: Anseriformes) are a comparatively well studied bird group which includes 169 species of duck, goose and swan. In all, 1,586 wildfowl research papers published between 1911 and 2010 were found using Web of Knowledge (WoK) and Google Scholar. Over half of the research output involved just 15 species from seven genera. Research output was strongly biased towards 'high income' countries, common wildfowl species, and measures of productivity, rather than survival and movement patterns. There were significantly fewer demographic data for the world's 31 threatened wildfowl species than for non-threatened species. Since 1994, the volume of demographic work on threatened species has increased more than for non-threatened species, but still makes up only 2.7% of total research output. As an aid to research prioritisation, a metric was created to reflect demographic knowledge gaps for each species related to research output for the species, its threat status, and availability of potentially useful surrogate data from congeneric species. According to the metric, the 25 highest priority species include thirteen threatened taxa and nine species each from Asia and South America, and six from Africa.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viés de Publicação / Espécies em Perigo de Extinção / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais / Anseriformes Tipo de estudo: Systematic_reviews Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Africa / America do sul / Asia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Assunto da revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Reino Unido País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viés de Publicação / Espécies em Perigo de Extinção / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais / Anseriformes Tipo de estudo: Systematic_reviews Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Africa / America do sul / Asia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Assunto da revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Reino Unido País de publicação: Estados Unidos