Biodiversity and threats in non-protected areas: a multidisciplinary and multi-taxa approach focused on the Atlantic forest

ONDARZA, PAOLA; ROSSO, JUAN JOSE; PIACENTINI, LUIS; LIJTMAER, DARÍO ; AVIGLIANO, ESTEBAN; IZQUIERDO, MATIAS ; CIRIGLIANO, ANDREA; ROMANO, GONZALO; NUÑEZ BUSTOS, EZEQUIEL; PORTA, ANDRES; MABRAGAÑA, EZEQUIEL; GRASSI, EMANUEL; PALERMO, JORGE; BUKOWSKI, BELEN; TUBARO, PABLO; SCHENONE, NAHUEL

Heliyon

Elsevier

Año: 2019 p. 1 - 1

2405-8440

long many decades, protected environments were targeted by the scientific community for ecological research and for the collection of scientific information related to environmental aspects and biodiversity. However, most of the territory in hotspot regions with weak or even non legal protection has been left aside. These non-protected areas (NPA) could host high biodiversity values. This paper addresses how scientific effort on a NPA (CIAR) of 700 ha from the Atlantic Rain Forest, generates new information and tools for large-scale environmental and biodiversity management in NPAs. Information published during the last decade was summarized and complemented with subsequent novel data about biodiversity (new species, first records, DNA and chemical analyses, etc.). The results showed: 1 new genus (arachnid), 6 new species and several putative new species (fish and arthropod), 6 vulnerable species (bird and mammal) and 36 first records for Argentina (fish, arthropod, platyhelminth and