Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary
biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest
of South African animals

J 2022

Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals

PHAKA, Fortunate M.; Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE; Louis H. DU PREEZ a Jean HUGE

Základní údaje

Originální název

Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals

Autoři

PHAKA, Fortunate M.; Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE; Louis H. DU PREEZ a Jean HUGE

Vydání

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS, CANADA, CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, 2022, 1208-6053

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10511 Environmental sciences

Stát vydavatele

Kanada

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 5.600

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00128107

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

biodiversity hotspot; biomonitoring; conservation; surrogate species; taxonomic chauvinism

Štítky

14314020, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 3. 4. 2023 11:49, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Taxonomic bias, resulting in some taxa receiving more attention than others, has been shown to persist throughout history. Such bias in primary biodiversity data needs to be addressed because the data are vital to environmental management. This study reviews taxonomic bias in South African primary biodiversity data obtained from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The focus was specifically on animal classes, and regression analysis was used to assess the influence of scientific interest and cultural salience on taxonomic bias. A higher resolution analysis of the two explanatory variables' influence on taxonomic bias is conducted using a generalised linear model on a subset of herpetofaunal families from the focal classes. Furthermore, the potential effects of cultural salience and scientific interest on a taxon's extinction risk are investigated. The findings show that taxonomic bias in South Africa's primary biodiversity data has similarities with global scale taxonomic bias. Among animal classes, there is strong bias towards birds while classes such as Polychaeta and Maxillopoda are under-represented. Cultural salience has a stronger influence on taxonomic bias than scientific interest. It is, however, unclear how these explanatory variables may influence the extinction risk of taxa. We recommend that taxonomic bias can be reduced if primary biodiversity data collection has a range of targets that guide (but do not limit) accumulation of species occurrence records per habitat. Within this range, a lower target of species occurrence records accommodates species that are difficult to detect. The upper target means occurrence records for any species are less urgent but nonetheless useful and thus data collection efforts can focus on species with fewer occurrence records.

Citovat

PHAKA, Fortunate M.; Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE; Louis H. DU PREEZ a Jean HUGE. Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS. CANADA: CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, 2022, roč. 30, č. 1, s. 39-49. ISSN 1208-6053. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0092.

@article{2247641,
   author = {Phaka, Fortunate M. and Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan and du Preez, Louis H. and Huge, Jean},
   article_location = {CANADA},
   article_number = {1},
   doi = {https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0092},
   keywords = {biodiversity hotspot; biomonitoring; conservation; surrogate species; taxonomic chauvinism},
   language = {eng},
   issn = {1208-6053},
   journal = {ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS},
   title = {Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals},
   url = {https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0092},
   volume = {30},
   year = {2022}
}

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2247641
AU  - Phaka, Fortunate M. - Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan - du Preez, Louis H. - Huge, Jean
PY  - 2022
TI  - Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals
JF  - ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SP  - 39-49
EP  - 39-49
PB  - CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
SN  - 12086053
KW  - biodiversity hotspot
KW  - biomonitoring
KW  - conservation
KW  - surrogate species
KW  - taxonomic chauvinism
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0092
N2  - Taxonomic bias, resulting in some taxa receiving more attention than others, has been shown to persist throughout history. Such bias in primary biodiversity data needs to be addressed because the data are vital to environmental management. This study reviews taxonomic bias in South African primary biodiversity data obtained from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The focus was specifically on animal classes, and regression analysis was used to assess the influence of scientific interest and cultural salience on taxonomic bias. A higher resolution analysis of the two explanatory variables' influence on taxonomic bias is conducted using a generalised linear model on a subset of herpetofaunal families from the focal classes. Furthermore, the potential effects of cultural salience and scientific interest on a taxon's extinction risk are investigated. The findings show that taxonomic bias in South Africa's primary biodiversity data has similarities with global scale taxonomic bias. Among animal classes, there is strong bias towards birds while classes such as Polychaeta and Maxillopoda are under-represented. Cultural salience has a stronger influence on taxonomic bias than scientific interest. It is, however, unclear how these explanatory variables may influence the extinction risk of taxa. We recommend that taxonomic bias can be reduced if primary biodiversity data collection has a range of targets that guide (but do not limit) accumulation of species occurrence records per habitat. Within this range, a lower target of species occurrence records accommodates species that are difficult to detect. The upper target means occurrence records for any species are less urgent but nonetheless useful and thus data collection efforts can focus on species with fewer occurrence records.
ER  -

PHAKA, Fortunate M.; Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE; Louis H. DU PREEZ a Jean HUGE. Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals. \textit{ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS}. CANADA: CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, 2022, roč.~30, č.~1, s.~39-49. ISSN~1208-6053. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0092.

Přehled o publikaci