Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status

Autores
Bauni, Valeria; Bertonatti, Claudio; Giacchino, Adrián; Schivo, Facundo; Mabragaña, Ezequiel; Roesler, Ignacio; Rosso, Juan José; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Williams, Jorge Daniel; Abba, Agustín Manuel; Cassini, Guillermo Hernán; Cousseau, María Berta; Flores, David A.; Fortunato, Damián Marcelo; Giusti, María Emilia; Jayat, Juan Pablo; Liotta, Jorge Rodolfo; Lucero, Sergio; Martínez Aguirre, Tomás; Pereira, Javier A.; Crisci, Jorge Víctor
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2022
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Optimising conservation efforts requires an accurate record of the extant species as well as their geographic distributions. Nevertheless, most current conservation strategies start from an incomplete biodiversity inventory. Argentina has an extraordinary diversity of species, however, until now an updated inventory of its fauna has not been carried out. In this context, the main objective of this work is to present the results of the first national inventory of vertebrate species. Experts from each major vertebrate taxonomic group assembled and compiled its respective inventory. The information gathered included taxonomic rank, conservation status, endemism and geographic distribution. Species richness and representativeness were calculated for each taxonomic group, distinguishing between native, endemic and exotic, for each Argentinian province. Our results show Argentina harbours 3,303 species: 574 marine fish, 561 freshwater fish, 177 amphibians, 450 reptiles, 1,113 birds, and 428 mammals. Native species constitute 98.1% of the total taxa. The results achieved were spatially represented showing a pattern of higher richness from north to south and from east to west. Species considered as threatened account for 17.8% and 15.2% are endemic. There are five Extinct species. These results provide key information on developing strategies and public policies at the national and provincial levels and constitute a tool for the management and conservation of biodiversity.
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Ciencias Naturales
Amphibians
Biological inventory
Birds
Freshwater fish
Mammals
Marine fish
Reptiles
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
title Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
spellingShingle Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
Bauni, Valeria
Ciencias Naturales
Amphibians
Biological inventory
Birds
Freshwater fish
Mammals
Marine fish
Reptiles
title_short Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
title_full Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
title_fullStr Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
title_full_unstemmed Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
title_sort Biodiversity of vertebrates in Argentina: patterns of richness, endemism and conservation status
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bauni, Valeria
Bertonatti, Claudio
Giacchino, Adrián
Schivo, Facundo
Mabragaña, Ezequiel
Roesler, Ignacio
Rosso, Juan José
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Williams, Jorge Daniel
Abba, Agustín Manuel
Cassini, Guillermo Hernán
Cousseau, María Berta
Flores, David A.
Fortunato, Damián Marcelo
Giusti, María Emilia
Jayat, Juan Pablo
Liotta, Jorge Rodolfo
Lucero, Sergio
Martínez Aguirre, Tomás
Pereira, Javier A.
Crisci, Jorge Víctor
author Bauni, Valeria
author_facet Bauni, Valeria
Bertonatti, Claudio
Giacchino, Adrián
Schivo, Facundo
Mabragaña, Ezequiel
Roesler, Ignacio
Rosso, Juan José
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Williams, Jorge Daniel
Abba, Agustín Manuel
Cassini, Guillermo Hernán
Cousseau, María Berta
Flores, David A.
Fortunato, Damián Marcelo
Giusti, María Emilia
Jayat, Juan Pablo
Liotta, Jorge Rodolfo
Lucero, Sergio
Martínez Aguirre, Tomás
Pereira, Javier A.
Crisci, Jorge Víctor
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Giacchino, Adrián
Schivo, Facundo
Mabragaña, Ezequiel
Roesler, Ignacio
Rosso, Juan José
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Williams, Jorge Daniel
Abba, Agustín Manuel
Cassini, Guillermo Hernán
Cousseau, María Berta
Flores, David A.
Fortunato, Damián Marcelo
Giusti, María Emilia
Jayat, Juan Pablo
Liotta, Jorge Rodolfo
Lucero, Sergio
Martínez Aguirre, Tomás
Pereira, Javier A.
Crisci, Jorge Víctor
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Amphibians
Biological inventory
Birds
Freshwater fish
Mammals
Marine fish
Reptiles
topic Ciencias Naturales
Amphibians
Biological inventory
Birds
Freshwater fish
Mammals
Marine fish
Reptiles
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Optimising conservation efforts requires an accurate record of the extant species as well as their geographic distributions. Nevertheless, most current conservation strategies start from an incomplete biodiversity inventory. Argentina has an extraordinary diversity of species, however, until now an updated inventory of its fauna has not been carried out. In this context, the main objective of this work is to present the results of the first national inventory of vertebrate species. Experts from each major vertebrate taxonomic group assembled and compiled its respective inventory. The information gathered included taxonomic rank, conservation status, endemism and geographic distribution. Species richness and representativeness were calculated for each taxonomic group, distinguishing between native, endemic and exotic, for each Argentinian province. Our results show Argentina harbours 3,303 species: 574 marine fish, 561 freshwater fish, 177 amphibians, 450 reptiles, 1,113 birds, and 428 mammals. Native species constitute 98.1% of the total taxa. The results achieved were spatially represented showing a pattern of higher richness from north to south and from east to west. Species considered as threatened account for 17.8% and 15.2% are endemic. There are five Extinct species. These results provide key information on developing strategies and public policies at the national and provincial levels and constitute a tool for the management and conservation of biodiversity.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description Optimising conservation efforts requires an accurate record of the extant species as well as their geographic distributions. Nevertheless, most current conservation strategies start from an incomplete biodiversity inventory. Argentina has an extraordinary diversity of species, however, until now an updated inventory of its fauna has not been carried out. In this context, the main objective of this work is to present the results of the first national inventory of vertebrate species. Experts from each major vertebrate taxonomic group assembled and compiled its respective inventory. The information gathered included taxonomic rank, conservation status, endemism and geographic distribution. Species richness and representativeness were calculated for each taxonomic group, distinguishing between native, endemic and exotic, for each Argentinian province. Our results show Argentina harbours 3,303 species: 574 marine fish, 561 freshwater fish, 177 amphibians, 450 reptiles, 1,113 birds, and 428 mammals. Native species constitute 98.1% of the total taxa. The results achieved were spatially represented showing a pattern of higher richness from north to south and from east to west. Species considered as threatened account for 17.8% and 15.2% are endemic. There are five Extinct species. These results provide key information on developing strategies and public policies at the national and provincial levels and constitute a tool for the management and conservation of biodiversity.
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