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Título: | Bias in freshwater biodiversity sampling : the case of Iberian water beetles |
Editorial: | Wiley |
Cita bibliográfica: | Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2008) 14, 754–762 |
ISSN: | 1366-9516 1472-4642 |
Materias relacionadas: | CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología |
Palabras clave: | Completeness data base freshwater biodiversity Iberian Peninsula sampling bias water beetles |
Resumen: | Extensive distributional data bases are key tools in ecological research, and good-quality data are required to provide reliable conservation strategies and an understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes. Although the evaluation of data bases requires the incorporation of estimates of sampling effort and bias, no studies have focused on these aspects for freshwater biodiversity data. We used here a comprehensive data base of water beetles from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and examine whether these data provide an unbiased, reliable picture of their diversity and distribution in the study area. Based on theoretical estimates using the Clench function on the accumulated number of records as a surrogate of sampling effort, about a quarter of the Iberian and Balearic 50 × 50 km Universal Transverse Mercator grid cells can be considered well prospected, with more than 70% of the theoretical species richness actually recorded. These well-surveyed cells are not evenly distributed across biogeographical and physicoclimatic subregions, reflecting some geographical bias in the distribution of sampling effort. Our results suggest that recording was skewed by relatively simple variables affecting collector activity, such as the perceived ‘attractiveness’ of mountainous landscapes and protected areas with recently described species, and accessibility of sampling sites (distance from main research centres). We emphasize the importance of these evaluation exercises, which are useful to locate areas needed of further sampling as well as to identify potential biases in the distribution of current biodiversity patterns. |
Autor/es principal/es: | Sánchez Fernández, David Lobo, Jorge M. Abellán, Pedro Ribera, Ignacio Millán, Andrés |
Facultad/Departamentos/Servicios: | Facultades, Departamentos, Servicios y Escuelas::Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Biología |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138630 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Número páginas / Extensión: | 9 |
Derechos: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional |
Descripción: | ©2008. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Diversity and Distributions |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artículos: Ecología e Hidrología |
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