Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in protecting Iberian endemic fauna

Rosso, A.; Aragón, Pedro; Acevedo, F.; Doadrio, I.; García Barros, E.; Lobo, Jorge M.; Munguira, M.L.; Monserrat, V.J.; Palomo, J.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Romo, H.; Triviño, V.; Sánchez Fernández, David

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Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in protecting Iberian endemic fauna

dc.contributor.author	Rosso, A.
dc.contributor.author	Aragón, Pedro
dc.contributor.author	Acevedo, F.
dc.contributor.author	Doadrio, I.
dc.contributor.author	García Barros, E.
dc.contributor.author	Lobo, Jorge M.
dc.contributor.author	Munguira, M.L.
dc.contributor.author	Monserrat, V.J.
dc.contributor.author	Palomo, J.
dc.contributor.author	Pleguezuelos, J.M.
dc.contributor.author	Romo, H.
dc.contributor.author	Triviño, V.
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez Fernández, David
dc.contributor.department	Ecología e Hidrología
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-06T12:21:25Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-06T12:21:25Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description	©2017 The Zoological Society of London. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Animal Conservation To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12387	es
dc.description.abstract	The Iberian Peninsula is a major European region of biodiversity, as it harbours more than 30% of European endemic species. Despite a number of studies having evaluated the ability of nature reserves to protect certain taxa, there is still a lack of knowledge on how Iberian endemic fauna are represented in these reserves. We detected biodiversity hotspots of Iberian endemicity and evaluated the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network (N2000) in representing 249 endemic species from eight animal taxonomic groups (amphibians, mammals, freshwater ﬁshes, reptiles, water beetles, butterﬂies, lacewings and dung beetles). We found that only the 10% of these Iberian endemic species are considered species of community interest (i.e. species included in the Annexes of the Habitats Directive). We conducted gap analyses and null models of representativeness in N2000. Generally, N2000 is effective in its representation of Iberian endemic fauna, although we detected spe-cies and few hotspots of endemism that were still not represented. It is necessary to declare a few new protected areas, thus enhancing N2000’s effectiveness in the conservation of the Iberian endemic fauna. Although the aim of N2000 is to pro-tect species listed in the Birds and Habitats Directives, the conservation status of endemic species from one of the most important areas of Europe in terms of biodi-versity, could be also a concern for the European Union. Our results are useful in the context of the recent European Commission mandate calling for a ‘ﬁtness check’ of the Birds and Habitats Directives. This approach could be also applicable to other regions with high value of endemicity.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Animal Conservation 21 (2018) 262–271
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12387
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 1367-9430
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1469-1795
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138747
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Wiley	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess	es
dc.subject	endemic fauna	es
dc.subject	gap analysis	es
dc.subject	protected areas	es
dc.subject	Iberia	es
dc.subject	Natura 2000	es
dc.subject	Habitats Directive	es
dc.subject	biodiversity hotspots	es
dc.subject	European Union	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología	es
dc.title	Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in protecting Iberian endemic fauna	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es