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12,500+ and counting: biodiversity of the Brazilian Pampa
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Andrade, Bianca O.; Dröse, William; Aguiar, Cassiana Alves de; Aires, Elisa Teixeira; Alvares, Diego Janisch; Barbieri, Rosa Lia; Carvalho, Claudio José Barros de; Bartz, Marie; Becker, Fernando Gertum; Bencke, Glayson Ariel; Beneduzi, Anelise; Silva, Jorge Bernardo; Blochtein, Betina; Boldrini, Ilsi Iob; Boll, Piter Kehoma; Bordin, Juçara; Silveira, Rosa Mara Borges da; Martins, Márcio Borges; Bosenbecker, Camila; Braccini, João; Braun, Bruna; Brito, Rosângela; Brown, George G.; Büneker, Henrique Mallmann; Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto; Cavalleri, Adriano; Cechin, Sonia Zanini; Colombo, Patrick; Constantino, Reginaldo; Costa, Cíntia Fernanda da; Dalzochio, Marina S.; Oliveira, Marcelo Gehlen de; Dias, Rafael Antunes; Santos, Luana Amaral dos; Duarte, Adriane da Fonseca; Duarte, Juliano Lessa Pinto; Durigon, Jaqueline; da Silva, Mayara Escobar; Ferreira, Priscila Porto Alegre; Ferreira, Talita; Ferrer, Juliano; Ferro, Viviane G.; Fontana, Carla Suertegaray; Freire, Marcelo Duarte; Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena; Galiano, Daniel; Garcia, Marinês; dos Santos, Tiago Gomes; Gomes, Lucas Roberto Pereira; Gonzatti, Felipe; Gottschalk, Marco Silva; Graciolli, Gustavo; Granada, Camille E.; Grings, Martin; Guimarães, Pablo Santos; Heydrich, Ingrid; Iop, Samanta; Jarenkow, João André; Jungbluth, Patrícia; Käffer, Márcia Isabel; Kaminski, Lucas Augusto; Kenne, Diego Costa; Kirst, Frederico Dutra; Krolow, Tiago Kütter; Krüger, Rodrigo Ferreira; Kubiak, Bruno Busnello; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Loebmann, Daniel; Lucas, Dióber Borges; Lucas, Elaine Maria; Luza, André Luís; Machado, Ibere Farina; Madalozzo, Bruno; Maestri, Renan; Malabarba, Luiz R.; Maneyro, Raúl; Marinho, Marco Antonio Tonus; Marques, Roberta; Marta, Kimberly da Silva; Martins, Diego da Silveira; Martins, Giovana da Silva; Martins, Thiago Rambo; Mello, Anderson Santos de; Mello, Ramon Luciano; Mendonça Junior, Milton de Souza; Morais, Ana Beatriz Barros de; Moreira, Felipe F. F.; Moreira, Leonardo Felipe Bairos; Moura, Luciano de A.; Nervo, Michelle Helena; Ott, Ricardo; Paludo, Patrícia; Passaglia, Luciane M. P.; Périco, Eduardo; Petzhold, Erika Sant'Anna; Pires, Mateus M.; Poppe, Jean Lucas; Quintela, Fernando Marques; Raguse-Quadros, Mateus; Pereira, Maria João Ramos
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Frontiers of Biogeography. 15(2)
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Knowledge on biodiversity is fundamental for conservation strategies. The Brazilian Pampa region, located in subtropical southern Brazil, is neglected in terms of conservation, and knowledge of its biodiversity is fragmented. We aim to answer the question: how many, and which, species occur in the Brazilian Pampa? In a collaborative effort, we built species lists for plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi that occur in the Brazilian Pampa. We included information on distribution patterns, main habitat types, and conservation status. Our study resulted in referenced lists totaling 12,503 species (12,854 taxa, when considering infraspecific taxonomic categories [or units]). Vascular plants amount to 3,642 species (including 165 Pteridophytes), while algae have 2,046 species (2,378 taxa) and bryophytes 316 species (318 taxa). Fungi (incl. lichenized fungi) contains 1,141 species (1,144 taxa). Animals total 5,358 species (5,372 taxa). Among the latter, vertebrates comprise 1,136 species, while invertebrates are represented by 4,222 species. Our data indicate that, according to current knowledge, the Pampa holds approximately 9% of the Brazilian biodiversity in an area of little more than 2% of Brazil’s total land. The proportion of species restricted to the Brazilian Pampa is low (with few groups as exceptions), as it is part of a larger grassland ecoregion and in a transitional climatic setting. Our study yielded considerably higher species numbers than previously known for many species groups; for some, it provides the first published compilation. Further efforts are needed to increase knowledge in the Pampa and other regions of Brazil. Considering the strategic importance of biodiversity and its conservation, appropriate government policies are needed to fund studies on biodiversity, create accessible and constantly updated biodiversity databases, and consider biodiversity in school curricula and other outreach activities.