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Forcina G, Clavero M, Meister M, Barilaro C, Guerrini M, Barbanera F. Introduced and extinct: neglected archival specimens shed new light on the historical biogeography of an iconic avian species in the Mediterranean. Integr Zool 2024. [PMID: 38217088 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
Abstract
Collection specimens provide valuable and often overlooked biological material that enables addressing relevant, long-unanswered questions in conservation biology, historical biogeography, and other research fields. Here, we use preserved specimens to analyze the historical distribution of the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Phasianidae), a case that has recently aroused the interest of archeozoologists and evolutionary biologists. The black francolin currently ranges from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, but, at least since the Middle Ages, it also had a circum-Mediterranean distribution. The species could have persisted in Greece and the Maghreb until the 19th century, even though this possibility had been questioned due to the absence of museum specimens and scant literary evidence. Nevertheless, we identified four 200-year-old stuffed black francolins-presumably the only ones still existing-from these areas and sequenced their mitochondrial DNA control region. Based on the comparison with conspecifics (n = 396) spanning the entirety of the historic and current species range, we found that the new samples pertain to previously identified genetic groups from either the Near East or the Indian subcontinent. While disproving the former occurrence of an allegedly native westernmost subspecies, these results point toward the role of the Crown of Aragon in the circum-Mediterranean expansion of the black francolin, including the Maghreb and Greece. Genetic evidence hints at the long-distance transport of these birds along the Silk Road, probably to be traded in the commerce centers of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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- Giovanni Forcina
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
- Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Global Change Ecology and Evolution Research Group (GloCEE), Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- UMR7044 du CNRS and Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Guareschi S, Cancellario T, Oficialdegui FJ, Clavero M. Insights from the past: Invasion trajectory and niche trends of a global freshwater invader. Glob Chang Biol 2024; 30:e17059. [PMID: 38273539 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
Abstract
Freshwater ecosystems are invaded by a non-random selection of taxa, among which crayfish stand out with successful examples worldwide. Species distribution models (SDMs) have been used to detect suitable areas for invasive species and predict their potential distributions. However, these prediction exercises assume the stability of realized environmental niches, which is uncertain during invasion. Worldwide evaluations involving cosmopolitan invaders may be particularly useful but have seldom been considered. Focusing on the successful invasion history of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, we assessed its geographic expansion and niche trends over time. Based on global occurrences from 1854 to 2022, multiple sequential SDMs have been implemented based on a set of bioclimatic variables. The environmental suitability for each period was projected through to the next period(s) using an ensemble procedure of commonly used SDM algorithms. As the records of the species are known, it was possible to check whether the modelling projections were concordant with the observed expansion of red swamp crayfish at a global scale. This also permitted analysis of its realized niche, and its dynamics, during different expansion phases. SDM maps based on past species records showed concordance with the known crayfish distributions and yielded similar spatial patterns with outputs overperforming random combinations of cells in term of suitability. The results also reflect the stability of the species niche, which despite some expansions during the invasion process, changed little in terms of main position in functional space over time. SDMs developed in the early stages of invasion provide useful insights but also tend to underpredict the potential range compared to models that were built for later stages. Our approach can be easily transferable to other well-documented taxa and represents valuable evidence for validating the use of SDMs, considering a highly dynamic world where biogeographical barriers are often bypassed.
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- S Guareschi
- CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre Balear de Biodiversitat, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- CSIC, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Sevilla, Spain
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Viana DS, Oficialdegui FJ, Soriano MDC, Hermoso V, Clavero M. Niche dynamics along two centuries of multiple crayfish invasions. J Anim Ecol 2023; 92:2138-2150. [PMID: 37731343 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
The realised ecological niches of species may change in response to dynamic abiotic and biotic environments, particularly under fast global change. To fully understand the dynamics of niche features and their drivers, it is essential to have a long-term view of species distributions and the factors that may have influenced them. Here, we analysed the distribution and niche dynamics of the Italian crayfish (Austropotamobius fulcisianus) in the Iberian Peninsula over the past 200 years. The Italian crayfish was introduced to Spain in the 16th century, and spread due to multiple stocking events until the 1970s, when two North American crayfish (red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii, and signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus) were introduced. Both North American species are carriers of a pathogen (Aphanomyces astaci, the causal agent of crayfish plague) lethal to the Italian crayfish. We hypothesised that the realised niche of the Italian crayfish, both in breadth and in position, has changed over time following changes in its range. The distribution of the Italian crayfish expanded from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century, in association with an enlargement of its realised niched, mostly towards less abrupt and more coastal-influenced areas. After the introduction of the North American crayfishes, the collapse of the Italian crayfish involved a niche shift towards rough terrains in mountain areas. North American crayfish have eventually occupied most of the Italian crayfish's niche space, with the few no-coexistence areas being relegated to the most abrupt and high-elevation territories. Our historical approach allowed us to document and understand the highly dynamic distribution and niche of the Italian crayfish in the presence of invader counterparts, and to explore the environmental conditions under which their coexistence is minimised.
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Oficialdegui FJ, Zamora-Marín JM, Guareschi S, Anastácio PM, García-Murillo P, Ribeiro F, Miranda R, Cobo F, Gallardo B, García-Berthou E, Boix D, Arias A, Cuesta JA, Medina L, Almeida D, Banha F, Barca S, Biurrun I, Cabezas MP, Calero S, Campos JA, Capdevila-Argüelles L, Capinha C, Casals F, Clavero M, Encarnação J, Fernández-Delgado C, Franco J, Guillén A, Hermoso V, Machordom A, Martelo J, Mellado-Díaz A, Morcillo F, Oscoz J, Perdices A, Pou-Rovira Q, Rodríguez-Merino A, Ros M, Ruiz-Navarro A, Sánchez MI, Sánchez-Fernández D, Sánchez-González JR, Sánchez-Gullón E, Teodósio MA, Torralva M, Vieira-Lanero R, Oliva-Paterna FJ. Corrigendum to 'A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters' Sci. Total Environ.869 (2023) 161798. Sci Total Environ 2023; 879:162809. [PMID: 37023619 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Francisco J Oficialdegui
- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Geography and Environment Division, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento. MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (BIOMA), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultad Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE) - CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- GRECO, Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Costera, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN) - CSIC, Cádiz, Spain
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- Sistemática de Plantas Vasculares, Real Jardín Botánico (RJB) - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento. MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultad Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa - SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- AZTI. Marine Research, Marine and Coastal Environmental Management, Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa - SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain; Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología de Humedales, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología, Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona/Iruña, Spain
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- Consejería de Sostenibilidad, Medio Ambiente y Economía Azul, Junta de Andalucía, Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultad Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology¸ Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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Oficialdegui FJ, Zamora-Marín JM, Guareschi S, Anastácio PM, García-Murillo P, Ribeiro F, Miranda R, Cobo F, Gallardo B, García-Berthou E, Boix D, Arias A, Cuesta JA, Medina L, Almeida D, Banha F, Barca S, Biurrun I, Cabezas MP, Calero S, Campos JA, Capdevila-Argüelles L, Capinha C, Casals F, Clavero M, Encarnação J, Fernández-Delgado C, Franco J, Guillén A, Hermoso V, Machordom A, Martelo J, Mellado-Díaz A, Morcillo F, Oscoz J, Perdices A, Pou-Rovira Q, Rodríguez-Merino A, Ros M, Ruiz-Navarro A, Sánchez MI, Sánchez-Fernández D, Sánchez-González JR, Sánchez-Gullón E, Teodósio MA, Torralva M, Vieira-Lanero R, Oliva-Paterna FJ. A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters. Sci Total Environ 2023; 869:161798. [PMID: 36702272 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
As the number of introduced species keeps increasing unabatedly, identifying and prioritising current and potential Invasive Alien Species (IAS) has become essential to manage them. Horizon Scanning (HS), defined as an exploration of potential threats, is considered a fundamental component of IAS management. By combining scientific knowledge on taxa with expert opinion, we identified the most relevant aquatic IAS in the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., those with the greatest geographic extent (or probability of introduction), severe ecological, economic and human health impacts, greatest difficulty and acceptability of management. We highlighted the 126 most relevant IAS already present in Iberian inland waters (i.e., Concern list) and 89 with a high probability of being introduced in the near future (i.e., Alert list), of which 24 and 10 IAS, respectively, were considered as a management priority after receiving the highest scores in the expert assessment (i.e., top-ranked IAS). In both lists, aquatic IAS belonging to the four thematic groups (plants, freshwater invertebrates, estuarine invertebrates, and vertebrates) were identified as having been introduced through various pathways from different regions of the world and classified according to their main functional feeding groups. Also, the latest update of the list of IAS of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 includes only 12 top-ranked IAS identified for the Iberian Peninsula, while the national lists incorporate the vast majority of them. This fact underlines the great importance of taxa prioritisation exercises at biogeographical scales as a step prior to risk analyses and their inclusion in national lists. This HS provides a robust assessment and a cost-effective strategy for decision-makers and stakeholders to prioritise the use of limited resources for IAS prevention and management. Although applied at a transnational level in a European biodiversity hotspot, this approach is designed for potential application at any geographical or administrative scale, including the continental one.
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- Francisco J Oficialdegui
- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Geography and Environment Division, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (BIOMA), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE)-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- GRECO, Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Costera, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN)-CSIC, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa-SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centre of Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- AZTI, Marine Research, Marine and Coastal Environmental Management, Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Planificación y Gestión Hídrica, Tragsatec, Grupo Tragsa-SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain; Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología de Humedales, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD)-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología, Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona/Iruña, Spain
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- Consejería de Sostenibilidad, Medio Ambiente y Economía Azul, Junta de Andalucía, Huelva, Spain
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), Murcia, Spain
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Documenting and understanding long-term biodiversity change is limited by the availability of historical data, particularly from periods preceding major anthropogenic changes associated with the Industrial Revolution. We mined the information of a standardized historical survey developed in 628 localities across Spain between 1574 and 1582 (Relaciones Topográficas de Felipe II) with the goal of producing a general characterization of Spanish settlements, including, though not limited to, natural resources. From this survey, we were able to gather 7309 records for 75 wild plant taxa, 89 wild animal taxa, and 60 crop and domestic animal taxa. These data can be used to reconstruct historical land use and habitat cover, and model historical distributions of many species, including emblematic ones such as wolf and bear, which can establish reference distributions to assess range and niche expansion, contraction, and shifts. Data are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications. The authors are open to collaborate in projects based on this dataset.
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Clavero M, García‐Reyes A, Fernández‐Gil A, Revilla E, Fernández N. Where wolves were: setting historical baselines for wolf recovery in Spain. Anim Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Clavero
- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación Estación Biológica de Doñana – CSIC Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación Estación Biológica de Doñana – CSIC Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación Estación Biológica de Doñana – CSIC Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación Estación Biológica de Doñana – CSIC Sevilla Spain
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig Germany
- Institute of Biology Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
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Carrete M, Clavero M, Arrondo E, Traveset A, Bernardo‐Madrid R, Vilà M, Blas J, Nogales M, Delibes M, García‐Rodríguez A, Hernández‐Brito D, Romero‐Vidal P, Tella JL. Emerging laws must not protect stray cats and their impacts. Conservat Sci and Prac 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, CSIC‐UIB Mallorca Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Sevilla Spain
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, IPNA, CSIC Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain
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Clavero M, Franch N, Bernardo-Madrid R, López V, Abelló P, Queral JM, Mancinelli G. Severe, rapid and widespread impacts of an Atlantic blue crab invasion. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 176:113479. [PMID: 35240457 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) has rapidly invaded coastal environments in the western Mediterranean, but there is no consistent assessment of its impacts yet. We use interviews and long-term data series in the Ebro Delta (NE Spain) to: i) characterise the evolution of the blue crab invasion; and ii) identify its impacts. The blue crab was first recorded in 2012, but its expansion started around 2016, with an exponential increase in abundance between 2017 and 2018. Aquatic communities have tended to be dominated by the blue crab, coinciding with the steep and consistent declines of several species, including threatened and commercially exploited ones. Blue crab impacts seem to be exerted even at low abundances, arguably hindering the recovery of declining species. The blue crab is becoming a keystone species in invaded systems and efforts should be made to understand its many-folds impacts in order to prevent or mitigate them.
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- Miguel Clavero
- Doñana Biological Station - CSIC, Av. Americo Vspucio 26, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre, Av. Catalunya 46, 43580 Deltebre, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut d'Estudis Professionals Aqüícoles i Ambientals de Catalunya (IEPAAC), 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre, Av. Catalunya 46, 43580 Deltebre, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, SP Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; National Research Council - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Via Pola 4, 71010 Lesina, FG, Italy; CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Roma, Italy
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Hermoso V, Clavero M, Filipe AF. An accessible optimisation method for barrier removal planning in stream networks. Sci Total Environ 2021; 752:141943. [PMID: 33207516 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Barriers associated to human infrastructure are a widespread impact in freshwater ecosystems worldwide, disrupting connectivity along river networks and key processes. Restoration of connectivity has risen in the last decade, with thousands of dams, weirs and culverts removed. Spatial optimisation methods can help inform decision on what barriers to remove to maximise gain in connectivity under limited budgets. However, current optimisation approaches rely on programming skills that are not easily accessible to stakeholders, which restrict the use of these methods. We demonstrate how Marxan, a publicly available tool, can be used to prioritise the allocation of barrier removal projects. We mapped the distribution of >900 barriers in the Tagus River (Iberian Peninsula) and 29 freshwater fish species with different movement abilities and needs. We assessed the passability of each barrier by all species and relative removal cost. We then identified priority barriers for removal to increase connectivity of populations of all species simultaneously. We tested two alternative scenarios: i) locking out barriers assesses as non-removable for their high strategic value or removal cost and ii) making all barriers available for removal. We found that connectivity recovery targets could be achieved by removing a small proportion of barriers, and avoiding large infrastructure. However, for some species, large recovery targets could only be achieved by removing some of these large infrastructures at high increases in cost. We also found some spatial differences in the recovery value of particular barriers for improving upstream and downstream connectivity. Our study demonstrates how to use a robust optimisation approach in an accessible tool, to address the complexity of prioritisation exercises commonly faced by stakeholders when deciding where to invest in barrier removal projects. This will improve decision-making for river connectivity restoration through a transparent, reproducible, and better-informed approach than traditional opportunistic or ranking-based approaches.
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- Virgilio Hermoso
- Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Solsona, Lleida, Spain; Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Oficialdegui FJ, Delibes-Mateos M, Green AJ, Sánchez MI, Boyero L, Clavero M. Rigid laws and invasive species management. Conserv Biol 2020; 34:1047-1050. [PMID: 32034806 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados - IESA-CSIC, Campo Santo de los Mártires 7, Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Avenida Américo Vespucio 26, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Leioa, 48940, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Avenida Américo Vespucio 26, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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Moreira F, Allsopp N, Esler KJ, Wardell‐Johnson G, Ancillotto L, Arianoutsou M, Clary J, Brotons L, Clavero M, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Fagoaga R, Fiedler P, Filipe AF, Frankenberg E, Holmgren M, Marquet PA, Martinez‐Harms MJ, Martinoli A, Miller BP, Olsvig‐Whittaker L, Pliscoff P, Rundel P, Russo D, Slingsby JA, Thompson J, Wardell‐Johnson A, Beja P. Priority questions for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean biome: Heterogeneous perspectives across continents and stakeholders. Conservat Sci and Prac 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Francisco Moreira
- CIBIO/InBIOUniversity of Porto Vairão Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO, Institute of AgronomyUniversity of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
- Society for Conservation BiologyEurope Section Washington DC
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- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Fynbos Node Claremont South Africa
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, and Centre for Invasion BiologyStellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa
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- School of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin University Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di AgrariaUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Portici Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of BiologyNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece
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- Natural Reserve SystemUniversity of California Davis California
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- InForest Jru (CTFC‐CREAF) Solsona Spain
- CREAF Cerdanyola del Vallés Spain
- CSIC Cerdanyola del Vallés Spain
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- Resource Ecology GroupWageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Natural Reserve SystemUniversity of California Office of the President Oakland California
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- CIBIO/InBIOUniversity of Porto Vairão Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO, Institute of AgronomyUniversity of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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- National Natural History CollectionsThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Resource Ecology GroupWageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias BiológicasPontificia Universidade Católica de Chile Santiago Chile
- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)Laboratorio Internacional en cambio Global (LINCGlobal) Santiago Chile
- Centro de Cambio Global UCPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago Chile
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- Center for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES)Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Santiago Chile
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- Unità di Analisi e Gestione delle Risorse Ambientali, Guido Tosi Research Group, Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e ApplicateUniversita' degli Studi dell'Insubria Varese Italy
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- Kings Park ScienceDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Perth Western Australia Australia
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- German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in the Holy LandResearch Unit of the German Archaeological Institute, Auguste Victoria Compound Jerusalem Israel
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- Centro de Cambio Global UCPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago Chile
- Departamento de EcologíaInstituto de Geografía Santiago Chile
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of California (UCLA) Los Angeles California
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- Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di AgrariaUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Portici Italy
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- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Fynbos Node Claremont South Africa
- Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Cape Town Rondebosch South Africa
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- CIBIO/InBIOUniversity of Porto Vairão Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO, Institute of AgronomyUniversity of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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Hermoso V, Villero D, Clavero M, Brotons L. Spatial prioritisation of EU's LIFE-Nature programme to strengthen the conservation impact of Natura 2000. J Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Virgilio Hermoso
- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Solsona Spain
- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan Qld Australia
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Solsona Spain
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Solsona Spain
- CREAF; Cerdanyola del Vallés Spain
- CSIC; Cerdanyola del Vallés Spain
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Carboneras C, Genovesi P, Vilà M, Blackburn TM, Carrete M, Clavero M, D'hondt B, Orueta JF, Gallardo B, Geraldes P, González-Moreno P, Gregory RD, Nentwig W, Paquet JY, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Ramírez I, Scalera R, Tella JL, Walton P, Wynde R. A prioritised list of invasive alien species to assist the effective implementation of EU legislation. J Appl Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- IUCN Species Survival Commission; Invasive Species Specialist Group; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research; Rome Italy
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- Biology Department; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves; Lisbon Portugal
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- Institute of Botany; The Czech Academy of Sciences; Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC); Seville Spain
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- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland; Edinburgh UK
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- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Sandy UK
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Clavero M, Ninyerola M, Hermoso V, Filipe AF, Pla M, Villero D, Brotons L, Delibes M. Historical citizen science to understand and predict climate-driven trout decline. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 284:rspb.2016.1979. [PMID: 28077766 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Historical species records offer an excellent opportunity to test the predictive ability of range forecasts under climate change, but researchers often consider that historical records are scarce and unreliable, besides the datasets collected by renowned naturalists. Here, we demonstrate the relevance of biodiversity records developed through citizen-science initiatives generated outside the natural sciences academia. We used a Spanish geographical dictionary from the mid-nineteenth century to compile over 10 000 freshwater fish records, including almost 4 000 brown trout (Salmo trutta) citations, and constructed a historical presence-absence dataset covering over 2 000 10 × 10 km cells, which is comparable to present-day data. There has been a clear reduction in trout range in the past 150 years, coinciding with a generalized warming. We show that current trout distribution can be accurately predicted based on historical records and past and present values of three air temperature variables. The models indicate a consistent decline of average suitability of around 25% between 1850s and 2000s, which is expected to surpass 40% by the 2050s. We stress the largely unexplored potential of historical species records from non-academic sources to open new pathways for long-term global change science.
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- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Américo Vespucio s.n., 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Dep. Biologia Animal, Vegetal i Ecologia, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain
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- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CEMFOR-CTFC), InForest Joint Research Unit (CSIC-CTFC-CREAF), Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Km 2, 25280 Solsona, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CEMFOR-CTFC), InForest Joint Research Unit (CSIC-CTFC-CREAF), Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Km 2, 25280 Solsona, Spain
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- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CEMFOR-CTFC), InForest Joint Research Unit (CSIC-CTFC-CREAF), Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Km 2, 25280 Solsona, Spain
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- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CEMFOR-CTFC), InForest Joint Research Unit (CSIC-CTFC-CREAF), Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Km 2, 25280 Solsona, Spain.,CREAF, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain.,CSIC, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Américo Vespucio s.n., 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Hermoso V, Clavero M, Villero D, Brotons L. EU's Conservation Efforts Need More Strategic Investment to Meet Continental Commitments. Conserv Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Virgilio Hermoso
- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys; Km 2 25280 Solsona Lleida Spain
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University; Nathan Qld 4111 Australia
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC; Américo Vespucio s.n. 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys; Km 2 25280 Solsona Lleida Spain
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CEMFOR - CTFC); Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys; Km 2 25280 Solsona Lleida Spain
- CREAF; Cerdanyola del Vallés; 08193 Spain
- CSIC; Cerdanyola del Vallés; 08193 Spain
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The introduction of invasive species, which often differ functionally from the components of the recipient community, generates ecological impacts that propagate along the food web. This review aims to determine how consistent the impacts of aquatic invasions are across taxa and habitats. To that end, we present a global meta-analysis from 151 publications (733 cases), covering a wide range of invaders (primary producers, filter collectors, omnivores and predators), resident aquatic community components (macrophytes, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates and fish) and habitats (rivers, lakes and estuaries). Our synthesis suggests a strong negative influence of invasive species on the abundance of aquatic communities, particularly macrophytes, zooplankton and fish. In contrast, there was no general evidence for a decrease in species diversity in invaded habitats, suggesting a time lag between rapid abundance changes and local extinctions. Invaded habitats showed increased water turbidity, nitrogen and organic matter concentration, which are related to the capacity of invaders to transform habitats and increase eutrophication. The expansion of invasive macrophytes caused the largest decrease in fish abundance, the filtering activity of filter collectors depleted planktonic communities, omnivores (including both facultative and obligate herbivores) were responsible for the greatest decline in macrophyte abundance, and benthic invertebrates were most negatively affected by the introduction of new predators. These impacts were relatively consistent across habitats and experimental approaches. Based on our results, we propose a framework of positive and negative links between invasive species at four trophic positions and the five different components of recipient communities. This framework incorporates both direct biotic interactions (predation, competition, grazing) and indirect changes to the water physicochemical conditions mediated by invaders (habitat alteration). Considering the strong trophic links that characterize aquatic ecosystems, this framework is relevant to anticipate the far-reaching consequences of biological invasions on the structure and functionality of aquatic ecosystems.
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- Belinda Gallardo
- Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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- Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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- Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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- Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, 41092, Spain
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Clavero M, Nores C, Kubersky-Piredda S, Centeno-Cuadros A. Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2015; 91:1036-1049. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC; Américo Vespucio s.n. 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Indurot, Universidad de Oviedo; Campus de Mieres 3006 Mieres Asturias, Spain
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- Minerva Research Group; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute for Art History; Via Gregoriana 28 I-00187 Rome Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemical Engineering; University Pablo de Olavide; Carretera de Utrera km 1 41013 Seville Spain
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Clavero M. Non-Native species as conservation priorities: response to Díez-León et al. Conserv Biol 2015; 29:957-959. [PMID: 25917220 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC. Avd. Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC; Américo Vespucio s.n. 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- CEMFOR-CTFC; Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia; Solsona 25280 Lleida Spain
- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan Qld 4111 Australia
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Fukuyama A, Takeuchi M, Wu V, Nagata Y, Hayashi A, Otani K, Fukuda S, Yoshitani H, Lin F, Otsuji Y, Islas F, Olmos C, Almeria C, Rodrigo J, De Agustin A, Marcos-Alberca P, Clavero M, Saltijeral A, Perez De Isla L, Atout W, Maceira Gonzalez AM, Igual B, Cosin-Sales J, Diago J, Aguilar J, Ruvira J, Sotillo J, Bertella E, Baggiano A, Loguercio M, Mushtaq S, Petulla' M, Segurini C, Conte E, Andreini D, Pontone G, Tong L, Ramalli A, Tortoli P, Luo J, D'hooge J, Galanti G, Toncelli L, Stefani L, Pedri S, Pedrizzetti G, Kaminska-Kegel A, Jaroch J, Brzezinska B, Kruszynska E, Kusmierz M, Loboz-Grudzien K, Hagendorff A, Stoebe S, Tarr A, Pfeiffer D, Fazlinezhad A, Fazlinezhad A, Azimi S, Vejdan Parast M, Hashemi Doost A. MODERATED POSTER SESSION: New imaging techniques in classical scenarios: Saturday 6 December 2014, 08:30-12:30 * Location: Moderated Poster area. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Clavero M, Villero D. Historical Ecology and Invasion Biology: Long-Term Distribution Changes of Introduced Freshwater Species. Bioscience 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bit014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Estany-Tigerström D, Bas JM, Clavero M, Pons P. Is the blue tit falling into an ecological trap in Argentine ant invaded forests? Biol Invasions 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0428-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rost J, Clavero M, Brotons L, Pons P. The effect of postfire salvage logging on bird communities in Mediterranean pine forests: the benefits for declining species. J Appl Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hermoso V, Clavero M, Kennard MJ. Determinants of fine-scale homogenization and differentiation of native freshwater fish faunas in a Mediterranean Basin: implications for conservation. DIVERS DISTRIB 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00828.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Miguel Clavero
- Grup d'Ecologia del Paistage, Àrea de Biodiversitat, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Hermoso V, Clavero M, Blanco-Garrido F, Prenda J. Invasive species and habitat degradation in Iberian streams: an analysis of their role in freshwater fish diversity loss. Ecol Appl 2011; 21:175-88. [PMID: 21516896 DOI: 10.1890/09-2011.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Mediterranean endemic freshwater fish are among the most threatened biota in the world. Distinguishing the role of different extinction drivers and their potential interactions is crucial for achieving conservation goals. While some authors argue that invasive species are a main driver of native species declines, others see their proliferation as a co-occurring process to biodiversity loss driven by habitat degradation. It is difficult to discern between the two potential causes given that few invaded ecosystems are free from habitat degradation, and that both factors may interact in different ways. Here we analyze the relative importance of habitat degradation and invasive species in the decline of native fish assemblages in the Guadiana River basin (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) using an information theoretic approach to evaluate interaction pathways between invasive species and habitat degradation (structural equation modeling, SEM). We also tested the possible changes in the functional relationships between invasive and native species, measured as the per capita effect of invasive species, using ANCOVA. We found that the abundance of invasive species was the best single predictor of natives' decline and had the highest Akaike weight among the set of predictor variables examined. Habitat degradation neither played an active role nor influenced the per capita effect of invasive species on natives. Our analyses indicated that downstream reaches and areas close to reservoirs had the most invaded fish assemblages, independently of their habitat degradation status. The proliferation of invasive species poses a strong threat to the persistence of native assemblages in highly fluctuating environments. Therefore, conservation efforts to reduce native freshwater fish diversity loss in Mediterranean rivers should focus on mitigating the effect of invasive species and preventing future invasions.
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- Virgilio Hermoso
- The Ecology Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia.
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Clavero M, Hermoso V, Levin N, Kark S. BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin. DIVERS DISTRIB 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00680.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Boix D, Pou-Rovira Q, Araujo R, Clavero M, Feo C, Ordeix M, Zamora L. Presence of the alien chinese pond mussel Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. GRAELLSIA 2010. [DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2009.v65.i1.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Clavero M, Benejam L, Seglar A. Microhabitat use by foraging white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in stream pools in the NE Iberian Peninsula. Ecol Res 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0550-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two recent works related Eurasian otter ( Lutra lutra (L., 1758)) trophic patterns over large areas with the stability of aquatic ecosystems. Higher levels of instability lead to reduced availability and (or) predictability of fish, and consequently, to a decrease in fish consumption by otters. The aim of the present study is to test these macrogeographical patterns in otter diet at regional and local scales. We analysed otter diet in Mediterranean streams in southwestern Iberian Peninsula where clear hydrological stability gradients (related to drainage area or distance to the sea) could be defined. Hydrological stability was directly related to fish consumption and inversely to otter diet diversity in terms of occurrence and biomass, both at regional and local scales. The level of stability of aquatic ecosystems appears to be a critical indirect factor that modulates otter diet through its effects on fish populations. The resulting trophic patterns are maintained from local to macrogeographical scales.
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- M. Clavero
- Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Ambiental y Salud Pública, Facultad Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Avenida Andalucía, s/n 21071, Huelva, Spain
- Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Pabellón del Perú, Avenida María Luisa, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Ambiental y Salud Pública, Facultad Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Avenida Andalucía, s/n 21071, Huelva, Spain
- Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Pabellón del Perú, Avenida María Luisa, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Ambiental y Salud Pública, Facultad Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Avenida Andalucía, s/n 21071, Huelva, Spain
- Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Pabellón del Perú, Avenida María Luisa, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Girona, Campus de Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Catalunya, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Ambiental y Salud Pública, Facultad Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Avenida Andalucía, s/n 21071, Huelva, Spain
- Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Pabellón del Perú, Avenida María Luisa, s/n 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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Nonnative invasive species are one of the main global threats to biodiversity. The understanding of the traits characterizing successful invaders and invasion-prone ecosystems is increasing, but our predictive ability is still limited. Quantitative information on biotic homogenization and particularly its temporal dynamics is even scarcer. We used freshwater fish distribution data in the Iberian Peninsula in four periods (before human intervention, 1991, 1995, and 2001) to assess the temporal dynamics of biotic homogenization among river basins. The percentage of introduced species among fish faunas has increased in recent times (from 41.8% in 1991 to 52.5% in 2001), leading to a clear increase in the similarity of community composition among basins. The mean Jaccard's index increase (a measure of biotic homogenization) from the pristine situation to the present (17.1%) was similar to that for Californian fish but higher than for other studies. However, biotic homogenization was found to be a temporally dynamic process, with finer temporal grain analyses detecting transient stages of biotic differentiation. Introduced species assemblages were spatially structured along a latitudinal gradient in the Iberian Peninsula, with species related to sport fishing being characteristic of northern basins. Although the comparison of fish distributions in the Iberian Peninsula and France showed significant and generalized biotic homogenization, nonnative assemblages of northeastern Iberian basins were more similar to those of France than to those of the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, indicating a main introduction route. Species introduced to the Iberian Peninsula tended to be mainly piscivores or widely introduced species that previously had been introduced to France. Our results indicate that the simultaneous analysis of the spatial distribution of introduced assemblages (excluding native species that reflect other biogeographical patterns) and their specific traits can be an effective tool to detect introduction and invasion routes and to predict future invaders from donor regions.
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- Miguel Clavero
- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, E-17071 Girona, Spain.
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Clavero M, García-Berthou E. Invasive species are a leading cause of animal extinctions. Trends Ecol Evol 2006; 20:110. [PMID: 16701353 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 632] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 12/21/2004] [Accepted: 01/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Delibes M, Clavero M, Prenda J, del Carmen Blázquez M, Ferreras P. Potential Impact of an Exotic Mammal on Rocky Intertidal Communities of Northwestern Spain. Biol Invasions 2004. [DOI: 10.1023/b:binv.0000022141.47102.5c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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