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Insights toward the future potential distribution of mangrove crabs in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman 对红树林蟹在波斯湾和阿曼海未来潜在分布的见解

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12532

Sana Sharifian, Ehsan Kamrani, Hanieh Saeedi

{"title":"Insights toward the future potential distribution of mangrove crabs in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman","authors":"Sana Sharifian, Ehsan Kamrani, Hanieh Saeedi","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12532","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12532","url":null,"abstract":"Mangroves are an ideal habitat for brachyuran crabs because of nutritional and shelter support. Using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling technique, we projected the potential global distributions of 10 dominant species of mangrove crabs from the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman under future climate change. The highest species richness of mangrove crabs was in the Northeast Persian Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz and Qeshm Island, as well as the North Sea of Oman. Our results revealed that depth and sea surface temperature (SST) were the most important drivers of distribution of mangrove crabs. The most potential suitable environments are located along the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman, where the depth is <16.89 m, temperature is between 27.70 and 28.08°C, salinity is between 37.21 and 40.61 PSS, and currents velocity is between 0.01 and 0.05 m−1 for the present output models. Future distribution model outputs showed that, areas with depth <3.12 m, temperature between 28.53 and 28.92°C, salinity between 37.21 and 40.63 PSS, and current velocity between 0.01 and 0.05 m−1 were the most suitable environments for future potential distributions of mangrove crabs. MaxEnt model outputs revealed that five species (50%) will expand and the remaining (50%) will shrink in their future distribution ranges. The model outputs predicted that some of the species might lose their habitat in future, and some might invade other ecosystem as invasive species. These findings thus highlight not only the vulnerability of mangrove crabs to habitat loss, but also alert their potential invasions to other ecosystems due to future climate changes. This outcome should be considered as a basic guideline for species management of mangrove systems.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41984548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Climate change pushes an economic insect to the brink of extinction: A case study for Cyamophila astragalicola in Iran 气候变化将一种经济昆虫推到灭绝的边缘:伊朗黄芪的案例研究

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12527

Saeid Ghasemi, Mansoureh Malekian, Mostafa Tarkesh

{"title":"Climate change pushes an economic insect to the brink of extinction: A case study for Cyamophila astragalicola in Iran","authors":"Saeid Ghasemi, Mansoureh Malekian, Mostafa Tarkesh","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12527","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12527","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is one of the main drivers of biodiversity decline worldwide, through shifting or shrinking habitats of species. Predicting the distribution of suitable habitats for species under climate change is essential for conservation planning. Cyamophila astragalicola is a specialist psyllid dependent on a spiny shrub, endemic to Zagros Mountains of Iran. The current study represents a modeling approach for lesser-known small invertebrates to assess their threat status. Ecological niche modeling was used to assess current suitable habitats of C. astragalicola, to develop model-based predictions of its habitat suitability under different climatic scenarios, and to assess the extinction risk of the species based on IUCN Red List criteria. Results revealed a sharp decline in suitable habitats (97.26% and 99.8% for the years 2050 and 2070, respectively) under the scenario of RCP 8.5. Further, under the two RCP scenarios, C. astragalicola was classified as IUCN Threat 2. A shift toward higher altitudes with lower temperature and higher precipitation was predicted. Results of modeling are based on abiotic factors only. Human interactions are not modeled; hence, the status of the species may be even more dramatic than the models may reveal. Generally, the results of this study indicate the high sensitivity of C. astragalicola to global warming. The narrow distribution range of the species coupled with the low dispersal ability can increase the risk of extinction. Ecological, economic, and social risks associated with the extinction need to be further evaluated to formulate future management policies.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44004099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Biogeography of bats in Iran: Mapping and disentangling environmental and historical drivers of bat richness 伊朗蝙蝠的生物地理学：绘制并解开蝙蝠丰富度的环境和历史驱动因素

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12520

Anooshe Kafash, Sohrab Ashrafi, Masoud Yousefi

{"title":"Biogeography of bats in Iran: Mapping and disentangling environmental and historical drivers of bat richness","authors":"Anooshe Kafash, Sohrab Ashrafi, Masoud Yousefi","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12520","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12520","url":null,"abstract":"Bats are facing several threats like land-use change, habitat loss, overexploitation for food, mortality at wind energy turbine installations, disease, and climate change worldwide. Defining biodiversity of bat species can help conservation biologists to prioritize areas for bat conservation. In this study, we assembled distribution records of all bats of Iran to generate the first richness map of bats, as no richness map is available for bat species in the country. By constructing generalized linear models, we determined which historical and environmental factors drive the richness of bat species across the country. Results of richness mapping showed that Zagros Mountains host the highest number of species in Iran. We found that precipitation is the most influential variable in shaping bat richness in Iran by explaining 26% of variation in species richness. Topographic heterogeneity, with 19% of explained variance, was the second most important determinant of bat richness. We also estimated bat assemblage similarity among the biomes in the country. Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands biome was the most distinct biome based on bat assemblage. On the other hand, Montane Grasslands and Shrublands and Deserts and Xeric Shrublands were the most similar biomes based upon distributions of the bat species. Areas that were identified to have higher species diversity were regions with high priority for the conservation of bat biodiversity in the country. Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands, which host the most unique assemblage of bat species, have high importance for conservation. Therefore, to enhance the conservation of bats and maintain the important ecosystem services which they provide, we must have a clear knowledge of their richness and essential needs.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43291604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Editorial: Special issue on Iran’s zoological diversity 社论：伊朗动物多样性特刊

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12549

Martin Husemann, Elisabeth Haring, Ulrich Joger, Hossein Rajaei, Alireza Saboori, Mahmoud Soofi, Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Reza Zahiri

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Adaptation to the hottest spot on earth: Dietary ecology of an enigmatic desert gecko based on DNA metabarcoding 适应地球上最热的地方：基于DNA代谢编码的神秘沙漠壁虎的饮食生态学

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12558

Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Jérôme Morinière, Hossein Rajaei

{"title":"Adaptation to the hottest spot on earth: Dietary ecology of an enigmatic desert gecko based on DNA metabarcoding","authors":"Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Jérôme Morinière, Hossein Rajaei","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12558","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12558","url":null,"abstract":"The Lut Desert, southeastern Iran, regularly has the largest contiguous area of surface temperatures above 65°C compared to anywhere else on Earth. Despite these harsh conditions, some specialized species thrive in this extreme habitat. Misonne's spider gecko, Rhinogecko misonnei de Witte, 1973 (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) is an endemic species that is native to the central part of the Lut Desert. This research aimed to explore the dietary gut content and ecology of Misonne's spider gecko populations inhabiting the Lut Desert. A DNA metabarcoding approach was applied to obtain data from the stomach content of six collected specimens. A total of 147,451 amplicon reads representing a total of 94 OTU (=Operational Taxonomic Units) for the CO1-5P barcode region were sequenced. Of 94 OTUs, 50 (53.2%) identically matched ≥97% with BOLD and/or NCBI database and were identified at the genus level. Blasting in both databases revealed the presence of three phyla including Chordata (55.23%), Arthropoda (44.72%), and Annelida (0.05). 99.54% of Chordata DNA belonged to Rhinogecko misonnei mainly coming from stomach tissue of the examined specimens. Within the arthropods, 87.64% of the OTUs matched Insecta and 12.08% Arachnida. Our findings indicate that Rhinogecko misonnei is a generalist gecko that feeds on a variety of food items. About 81% of Rhinogecko food items in the central Lut are migratory insects that come from adjacent areas of the Lut District, although the arachnid food items originate from the central Lut. This study emphasizes the importance of the insect fauna of adjacent areas of the Lut Desert for the stability of the Desert food web.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47607640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Qeshlagh River, Kurdistan: DNA and morphology reveal new genus, species, and faunistic records for Iran 库尔德斯坦Qeshlagh河手蛾科(双翅目:昆虫科):DNA和形态学揭示伊朗新属、新种和新区系记录

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12521

Habibollah Mohammadi, Hamed Ghobari, Edris Ghaderi, Foad Fatehi, Hemn Salehi, Armin Namayandeh

{"title":"Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) of Qeshlagh River, Kurdistan: DNA and morphology reveal new genus, species, and faunistic records for Iran","authors":"Habibollah Mohammadi, Hamed Ghobari, Edris Ghaderi, Foad Fatehi, Hemn Salehi, Armin Namayandeh","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12521","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12521","url":null,"abstract":"We assessed the Chironomidae fauna of Qeshlagh River, the second largest running water in the Kurdistan Province of Iran, and a major tributary of Sirwan River, using molecular and morphological methods. We identified a total of 35 Chironomidae species from the Qeshlagh River. Of these, Eraniella kurdistanensis gen. n., sp. n. (Orthocladiinae), Cricotopus (Cricotopus) hedayati sp. n., and Tanytarsus ronaki sp. n. are new to science. We combined DNA barcodes of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene obtained from the three new species with available sequences in GenBank and BOLD. The maximum likelihood (ML) tree placed Eraniella as a likely sister group of Parakiefferiella group of genera. The ML tree placed C. hedayati in Cricotopus festivellus group and a sister group of Cricotopus albiforceps (Kieffer, 1916). The ML tree placed T. ronaki as a sister group of Tanytarsus tamagotoi Sasa, 1983. This study also identified 11 new faunistic records for Iran and range extensions for the Palearctic. The importance of these local faunistic studies reflects broadly on the whole country, as the baseline information on the taxonomy and biogeography of the Iranian Chironomidae is scarce.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43603680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Significance of wing interference patterns as taxonomic characters in Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) 翅干扰模式作为蚜虫亚科分类特征的意义（膜翅目：茧蜂科）

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12542

Farnaz Hosseini, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Ehsan Rakhshani, Majid Norouzi, Nathan J. Butterworth, Mohammadreza Dadpour

{"title":"Significance of wing interference patterns as taxonomic characters in Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)","authors":"Farnaz Hosseini, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Ehsan Rakhshani, Majid Norouzi, Nathan J. Butterworth, Mohammadreza Dadpour","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12542","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12542","url":null,"abstract":"Wing interference patterns (WIPs) and wing interference colors have been highlighted in taxonomy for their usefulness in the discrimination of species, particularly in the case of some parasitic wasps. Here, we evaluate the usefulness of these stable structural color patterns as species-specific characters in nine species of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) within seven genera including Aphidus Nees, 1819; Binodoxys Mackauer, 1960; Diaeretiella Starý, 1960; Ephedrus Haliday, 1833; Lysiphlebus Förster, 1863; Praon Haliday, 1833; and Trioxys Haliday, 1833. Six color parameters including red, green, and blue (RGB) as well as hue, saturation, and value were compared. Preliminary statistical analysis of color values, as well as a qualitative comparison of patterns, were performed. Our findings show that both qualitative and quantitative measurements can discriminate selected taxa at the genus and species level. Moreover, different biotypes of Lysiphlebus fabraum (Marshall) and Aphidus matricariae Haliday present identical color patterns (WIPs) with only slight qualitative differences. Despite some slight qualitative differences in WIPs between sexes, quantitative measurements were not sexually dimorphic. This is the first study of its kind in the subfamily Aphidiinae and to provide a preliminary WIP-based key to the studied species of Aphidiinae. Our findings show that WIPs and WICs are stable and can be useful for museum collections.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47898072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Molecular phylogenetic relationships within the Phrynocephalus maculatus-arabicus species complex (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran 伊朗斑纹蕨-阿拉伯蕨种复合体的分子系统发育关系

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12531

Farnaz Ebrahimipour, Nasrullah Rastegar Pouyani, Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Kamran Kamali

{"title":"Molecular phylogenetic relationships within the Phrynocephalus maculatus-arabicus species complex (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran","authors":"Farnaz Ebrahimipour, Nasrullah Rastegar Pouyani, Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Kamran Kamali","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12531","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12531","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825, includes various species complexes. The Arabian species group (Ph. arabicus, Ph. ahvazicus, Ph. longicaudatus, and Ph. maculatus) is one of these which is distributed in southwest Asia. Phrynocephalus maculatus Anderson, 1872 is a member of the Ph. arabicus group that occurs only on the Iranian Plateau. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the taxonomic relationships of Ph. maculatus, comparing it to other species in the Arabian group and conducting a genetic analysis of its various populations on the Iranian Plateau. For this, two mitochondrial gene fragments (16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) were sequenced in different populations across its entire distributional range on the Iranian Plateau. The results indicated that a population of P. maculatus in Abarkouh is clearly genetically differentiated from other populations in Iran, whereas other populations show low levels of variability. In addition, a population from southern Pakistan showed a close relationship with Ph. lutensis Kamali & Anderson, 2015 and is not clustered with Ph. maculatus populations. The taxonomic position of Ph. ahvazicus Melnikov, Melnikova, Nazarov, Rajabizadeh, Al-Johani, Amr & Ananjeva, 2014 has not been confirmed, and we here consider it as a synonym of Ph. arabicus Anderson, 1894. Populations from southern Iraq (Basrah and Babylon provinces) belong to Ph. longicaudatus.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47776404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae) 首次了解伊朗洞穴甲虫多样性的起源——描述杜瓦利虫属的两个新种

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12537

Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Jan Muilwijk, Matjaž Gregorič, Matjaž Kuntner, Klemen Čandek

{"title":"First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae)","authors":"Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Jan Muilwijk, Matjaž Gregorič, Matjaž Kuntner, Klemen Čandek","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12537","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12537","url":null,"abstract":"Subterranean environments of Iran are severely understudied. Here, we advance the knowledge of Iranian cave biodiversity by following three goals: (i) to investigate Iranian caves for troglobiotic beetles; (ii) to understand the phylogenetic relationships and estimate the timing of Iranian cave colonization by Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859; and (iii) to comment on the current knowledge of the Iranian troglobiotic fauna to facilitate future research. Through field efforts and morphological examination, we describe two new Duvalius species from caves of Zagros Mts., Iran: the troglobiotic Duvalius nezelensis sp. nov. and the non-troglobiotic Duvalius achaemenius sp. nov. For phylogenetic analyses, we provide original sequences of two mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and two nuclear (18S, 28S) genes for three Duvalius species from the Zagros Mts., and combine them with published molecular datasets using other Duvalius species with relevant outgroup genera. Using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood, we reconstruct a species-level phylogeny of Duvalius and closely related genera, then use BEAST to explore divergence times of major lineages. Our phylogenies recover a well-supported “Zagros clade,” with its split from other congeners estimated at 9.7 Ma. Within the Zagros clade, the split of D. nezelensis and its sister group is estimated at 7.8 Ma, while the split of D. achaemenius and D. kileri is estimated to a recent 0.78 Ma. We provide some resolution in understanding the species richness of cave beetles in Iran and the timing of their subterranean colonization. However, our phylogenies confirm taxonomic problems as several genera are nested deep within the Duvalius tree.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43269314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Biodiversity modelling reveals a significant gap between diversity hotspots and protected areas for Iranian reptiles 生物多样性模型揭示了伊朗爬行动物多样性热点和保护区之间的显著差距

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12528

Sajad Noori, Oliver Hawlitschek, Jens Oldeland, Hossein Rajaei, Martin Husemann, Marianna Simões

{"title":"Biodiversity modelling reveals a significant gap between diversity hotspots and protected areas for Iranian reptiles","authors":"Sajad Noori, Oliver Hawlitschek, Jens Oldeland, Hossein Rajaei, Martin Husemann, Marianna Simões","doi":"10.1111/jzs.12528","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jzs.12528","url":null,"abstract":"The global struggle to conserve as many species as possible with limited resources requires an improvement of our knowledge on the distribution of biodiversity. In Iran, the state of knowledge is poor for most groups of organisms, except few vertebrate groups and vascular plants. Reptiles are one of the best known, most diverse vertebrate groups in Iran, with a high rate of endemism (ca. 29%), but distribution patterns and related environmental drivers remain poorly understood. In the present study, based on a large publicly available dataset, we use general additive modelling (GAM) to identify explanatory variables for species richness of reptiles in Iran. Results indicate heterogeneity parameters (range +entropy) as the variables with the highest explanatory values. Based on the grid cells of the predicted environmental richness, using hotspot analysis, we suggest seven hotspots of reptile diversity (HRDs) across the country. Our results corroborate the previously recognized HRDs and detect three additional ones, located alongside the major mountain ranges around the central deserts plateau, particularly in the Zagros Mountains. Four of the largest HRDs (ca. 90%) situate within the Irano-Anatolian and Caucasus global biodiversity hotspot. In addition, our results reveal a large gap between identified HRDs and the current network of protected areas (PAs) in the country. While three of the detected HRDs in this study are partially touched (ca. 18%) by the PA network, overall, these areas are only covered by less than 10%. Therefore, the effectiveness of the current PAs for the protection of the reptile diversity of Iran is questionable.","PeriodicalId":54751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jzs.12528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42507282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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