caa a22 4500 605528403 CHVBK 20210128100813.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0981-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0981-x Geographic trends and information deficits in Amazonian conservation research [Elektronische Daten] [Jhonatan dos Santos, Ana Malhado, Richard Ladle, Ricardo Correia, Marcos Costa] Amazonia has an iconic status in global conservation due to its enormous area and vast stores of biodiversity. Nevertheless, much of its biodiversity remains unknown, and many of the region's forests are under threat of habitat loss due to deforestation and climatic instability. Based on the assumption that effective management and conservation of forest resources should be supported by geographically localized scientific knowledge, we mapped the spatial and temporal distribution of Amazonian conservation research and compared it to areas under threat from deforestation or with a high probability of climate change induced savannization/transition to seasonal forest. Specifically, we created a database of 4019 spatial coordinates of research sites collated from 857 conservation science research articles retrieved from Scopus. Research sites tend to cluster along major rivers and urban areas and new research sites tend to be located near existing sites. Information deficits are particularly acute in the south and southeast regions within the so called ‘arc of deforestation'. Areas at risk of ecosystem transition due to climate instability are generally well studied with the exception of a large area of southwest Amazonia that has a high risk of savannization. Our results suggest that a more systematic approach to Amazonian conservation research is required, specifically targeting those areas most under threat from anthropogenic environmental change. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Bibliometrics nationallicence Research effort nationallicence Climatic uncertainty nationallicence Deforestation nationallicence dos Santos Jhonatan Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut Malhado Ana Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut Ladle Richard Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut Correia Ricardo Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut Costa Marcos Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P. H. Rolfs, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/11(2015-10-01), 2853-2863 0960-3115 24:11<2853 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0981-x 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/s10531-015-0981-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- dos Santos Jhonatan Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malhado Ana Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ladle Richard Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Correia Ricardo Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n Tabuleiro dos Martins, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Costa Marcos Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P. H. Rolfs, 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/11(2015-10-01), 2853-2863 0960-3115 24:11<2853 2015 24 10531