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dc.contributor.authorPiccolo, RL
dc.contributor.authorWarnken, J
dc.contributor.authorChauvenet, ALM
dc.contributor.authorCastley, JG
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T01:13:00Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T01:13:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-66719-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/394765
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding geographical biases in ecological research is important for conservation, planning, prioritisation and management. However, conservation efforts may be limited by data availability and poor understanding of the nature of potential spatial bias. We conduct the first continent-wide analysis of spatial bias associated with Australian terrestrial reptile ecological research. To evaluate potential research deficiencies, we used Maxent modelling to predict the distributions of 646 reptile studies published from 1972 to 2017. Based on existing distributions of 1631 individual reptile study locations, reptile species richness, proximity to universities, human footprint and location of protected areas, we found the strongest predictor of reptile research locations was proximity to universities (40.8%). This was followed by species richness (22.9%) and human footprint (20.1%), while protected areas were the weakest predictor (16.2%). These results highlight that research effort is driven largely by accessibility and we consequently identify potential target areas for future research that can be optimised to ensure adequate representation of reptile communities.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom9691:1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto9691:10
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalScientific Reports
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTerrestrial ecology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchConservation and biodiversity
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310308
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410401
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.titleLocation biases in ecological research on Australian terrestrial reptiles
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPiccolo, RL; Warnken, J; Chauvenet, ALM; Castley, JG, Location biases in ecological research on Australian terrestrial reptiles, Scientific Reports , 2020, 10 (1), pp. 9691:1-9691:10
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-05-25
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-06-22T00:22:20Z
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gro.griffith.authorChauvenet, Ali
gro.griffith.authorCastley, Guy G.


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