ATLANTIC-AMPHIBIANS dataset is part of the ATLANTIC series, on which research teams are compiling biodiversity information of Atlantic Forest biome. This paper follows previous published data papers in Ecology.
The dataset was accepted in Ecology:
Vancine, M. H., K. S. Duarte, Y. S. Souza, J. G. R. Giovanelli, P. M. M. Sobrinho, A. López, R. P. Bovo, F. Maffei, M. B. Lion, J. W. Ribeiro-Júnior, R. Brassaloti, C. Ortiz, H. O. Sawakuchi, J. Bertoluci, L. R. Forti, P. Cacciali, C. F. B. Haddad, and M. C. Ribeiro. ATLANTIC AMPHIBIANS. A Dataset of Amphibian Communities from the Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology 99(7):1692. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2392
Amphibians are among the most threatened vertebrates in the world and this is also true for those inhabiting the Atlantic Forest hotspot, living in ecosystems highly degraded and threatened by anthropogenic activities. We present a dataset containing information about amphibian communities sampled throughout the Atlantic Forest Biome in South America. The data were extracted from 389 bibliographic references (articles, books, theses, and dissertations) representing inventories of amphibian communities from 1940 to 2017. The dataset includes 17,619 records of 528 species with taxonomic certainty, from 1,163 study sites. Of all the records, 14,450 (82%) were classified using the criterion of endemism; of those, 7,787 (44%) were considered endemic and 6,663 (38%) were not. Historically, multiple sampling methods were used to survey amphibians, the most representative methods being active surveys (82.1%), surveys at breeding sites (20%), pitfall traps (15.3%), and occasional encounters (14.5%). Species richness averaged 15.2 ± 11.3 SD, ranging from 1 to 80 species per site. We found a low dominance in the communities, with ten species occurring in about 26% of communities: Physalaemus cuvieri (4.1%), Dendropsophus minutus (3.8%), Boana faber (3.1%), Scinax fuscovarius (2.8%), Leptodactylus latrans (2.7%), Leptodactylus fuscus (2.6%), Boana albopunctata (2.3%), Dendropsophus nanus (1.6%), Rhinella ornata (1.6%), and Leptodactylus mystacinus (1.6%). This dataset represents a major effort to compile inventories of amphibian communities for the Neotropical region, filling a large gap in the data on the Atlantic Forest hotspot. We hope this dataset can be used as a credible tool in the proposal of new studies on amphibian sampling and even in the development of conservation planning for these taxa. This information also has great relevance for macroecological studies, being foundational for both conservation and restoration strategies in this biodiversity hotspot.
Figure 1. Distribution of the study sites in the ATLANTIC AMPHIBIANS dataset. The limit of Atlantic Forest Biome is according Muylaert et al. (in review).
Title: ATLANTIC AMPHIBIANS. A Dataset of Amphibian Communities from the Atlantic Forests of South America
MetadataS1: metadata document with data descriptions.
DataS1: dataset with ATLANTIC_AMPHIBIANS_sites.csv, ATLANTIC_AMPHIBIANS_species.csv, ATLANTIC_AMPHIBIANS_references.csv.
Maurício Humberto VancineUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Kauã da Silva DuarteUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação, Rio Claro, Brazil
Célio Fernando Baptista HaddadUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Milton Cezar RibeiroUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conservação, Rio Claro, Brazil
Muylaert, R. L., M. H. Vancine, R. Bernardo, J. E. F. Oshima, T. Sobral-Souza, V. R. Tonett, B. B. S. Niebuhr, and M. C. Ribeiro. Limites territoriais inclusivos para estudos ecológicos e biogeográficos na Mata Atlântica. Oecologia Australis (in press).