Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa.

ABSTRACT: Detailed knowledge about biodiversity distribution is critical for monitoring the biological effects of global change processes. Biodiversity knowledge gaps hamper the monitoring of conservation trends and they are especially evident in the desert biome. Mauritania constitutes a remarkable example on how remoteness and regional insecurity affect current knowledge gaps. Mammals remain one of the least studied groups in this country, without a concerted species checklist, the mapping of regions concentrating mammal diversity, or a national assessment of their conservation status. This work assessed the diversity, distribution, and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania. A total of 6,718 published and original observations were assembled in a spatial database and used to update the occurr

SUBMITTER: Brito JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9342785 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature