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dc.contributor.authorE. Magnusson, William
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorLima, Albertina
dc.contributor.authorBaccaro, Fabricio
dc.contributor.authorBraga-Neto, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorRomero, Ricardo Laerte
dc.contributor.authorMenin, Marcelo
dc.contributor.authorPenha, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorHero, Jean-Marc
dc.contributor.authorE. Lawson, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:08:20Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:08:20Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2010-08-04T02:36:58Z
dc.identifier.issn00063606
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00427.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/21623
dc.description.abstractFerraz et al. (2008) indicated the need for planning in biological monitoring in the Amazon, and reviewed what they considered recent progress. The problems and solutions they discuss are well known, and it is unlikely that many biologists would disagree with most of them. However, the authors do not indicate that most of these issues are already being addressed in practice in the Amazon, especially by the Programa de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade (PPBio) of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. The only major issue about which we do not agree with Ferraz et al. (2008) relates to the design of monitoring programs. The authors recommended tailoring experimental designs to specific threats, which will result in a multitude of idiosyncratic designs and incompatible data sets. We suggest that generic broad-scale designs will allow us to answer more questions with greater confidence, because the investment in each location provides information about regional and global questions. Although specific designs may be more effective in some cases, there are insufficient resources available to install different research infrastructure for every possible threat.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssociation for Tropical Biology
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom409
dc.relation.ispartofpageto411
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBiotropica
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural and Veterinary Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode05
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode06
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode07
dc.titleA Program for Monitoring Biological Diversity in the Amazon: An Alternative Perspective to Threat-based Monitoring
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHero, Jean-Marc


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