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探索爬行动物保护行动的证据中的差距,偏见和研究重点
Oliver Speight1, William H Morgan1, Thomas B White2,3
1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
概括
爬行动物的保护研究在全球分布不均,许多物种和地区缺乏关键证据. 未来的研究必须解决这些差距,以改善世界各地的爬行动物保护工作.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 动物学 动物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 超过21%的爬行动物物种面临灭绝,需要基于证据的保护行动.
- 现有关于爬行动物保护干预措施的研究在"保护证据"的爬行动物保护摘要中进行了综合.
研究的目的:
- 分析测试爬行动物保护行动的研究的地理和分类学分布.
- 发现爬行动物保护研究中的证据缺口.
主要方法:
- 707项爬行动物保护研究的系统审查和分析.
- 地理和分类学分布分析.
- 与国家级数据 (GDP,物种丰富度,威胁状况) 和物种级数据 (IUCN地位,特有病,维基百科观点,毒性,进化特色,体质) 的相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 研究集中在美国 (43%) 和澳大利亚 (15%) 等高GDP国家,东南亚,南美洲和撒哈拉以南非洲的代表性明显不足.
- 近一半的爬行动物家庭 (47%) 缺乏任何研究的保护行动.
- 被归类为"最不令人担忧"的物种,非特有物种,具有高维基百科参与度,缺乏毒药数据被不成比例地研究.
- 在研究数量和进化特征或身体质量之间没有发现显著的关系.
结论:
- 迫切需要在代表性不足的地区和面临威胁的,数据不足的物种保护证据.
- 未来的研究应该调查保护行动在不同种类和地区的可转移性.
- 需要协调努力,增加和战略报告保护行动测试的全球有效性.
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