caa a22 4500 605527024 CHVBK 20210128100806.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0984-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0984-7 Threatening levels and extinction risks based on distributional, ecological and life-history datasets (DELH) versus IUCN criteria: example of Serbian reptiles [Elektronische Daten] [L. Tomović, A. Urošević, T. Vukov, R. Ajtić, K. Ljubisavljević, I. Krizmanić, D. Jović, N. Labus, S. Đorđević, M. Kalezić, G. Džukić, L. Luiselli] Recent studies on the world reptiles' extinction risks pointed out that about 20% of species are threatened, with another 20% are data-deficient following IUCN criteria. IUCN set up criteria for assessment of extinction risk at global and regional scales, relying on distribution data, population parameters and quantitative analyses. Only 12% of reptilian species were listed as globally threatened upon population data. Long-term population studies are time-consuming, thus it would be practical to use some other parameters for estimations of extinction risks. Threatening level (and extinction risks) of Serbian reptiles have never been investigated. We aimed to scrutinize species threatening level (thus set up conservation priorities) on the basis of distributional, ecological and life-history datasets (DELH). We estimated which traits are the most important for the conservation of species. Separately, we used IUCN criteria for regional level to assess extinction risk and compared them with the results obtained by analyses of DELH datasets. The two types of criteria gave similar estimates for the chelonian species. In snakes, two species exhibited higher conservation scores by DELH than by IUCN criteria, the opposite being true for two other species. In lizards, only two species had higher extinction risks by IUCN whereas five lizards were more threatened according to DELH. Our intention was not discredit the values of IUCN criteria for setting regional (or national) extinction risks, but to suggest that use of additional features other than IUCN could be valuable for estimation of threatening level and setting conservation priorities for cases where precise distribution and population data are not available. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Range nationallicence Natural history nationallicence Redlisting nationallicence Threatened categories nationallicence Tomović L. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Urošević A. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Vukov T. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Ajtić R. Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11070, Belgrade, Serbia aut Ljubisavljević K. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Krizmanić I. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Jović D. Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Vožda Karađorđa 14, 18000, Nis, Serbia aut Labus N. Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Priština, Lole Ribara 29, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia aut Đorđević S. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Kalezić M. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Džukić G. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Luiselli L. Niger Delta Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, PMB5080, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/12(2015-11-01), 2913-2934 0960-3115 24:12<2913 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0984-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0984-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tomović L. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Urošević A. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vukov T. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ajtić R. Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11070, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ljubisavljević K. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krizmanić I. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jović D. Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Vožda Karađorđa 14, 18000, Nis, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Labus N. Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Priština, Lole Ribara 29, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Đorđević S. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalezić M. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Džukić G. Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luiselli L. Niger Delta Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, PMB5080, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/12(2015-11-01), 2913-2934 0960-3115 24:12<2913 2015 24 10531