Assessing Global Efforts in the Selection of Vertebrates as Umbrella Species for Conservation.

ABSTRACT: The umbrella-species strategy has been proposed as an attainable tool to achieve multi-species and community conservation with limited investment. There have been many umbrella-related studies since the concept's inception; thus, a summary of global study efforts and recommended umbrella species is important for understanding advances in the field and facilitating conservation applications. Here, we collated 213 recommended umbrella species of terrestrial vertebrates from 242 scientific articles published during 1984-2021 and analyzed their geographic patterns, biological features, and conservation statuses to identify global trends in the selection of umbrella species. We found a considerable geographic bias: most studies and, consequently, recommended umbrella species are from the Northe

SUBMITTER: Yang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10135637 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature