The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

dc.contributor.authorKass, Jamie M.
dc.contributor.authorGuenard, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorDudley, Kenneth L.
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Clinton N.
dc.contributor.authorAzuma, Fumika
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Brian L.
dc.contributor.authorParr, Catherine Lucy
dc.contributor.authorGibb, Heloise
dc.contributor.authorLongino, John T.
dc.contributor.authorWard, Philip S.
dc.contributor.authorChao, Anne
dc.contributor.authorLubertazzi, David
dc.contributor.authorWeiser, Michael
dc.contributor.authorJetz, Walter
dc.contributor.authorGuralnick, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBlatrix, Rumsais
dc.contributor.authorDes Lauriers, James
dc.contributor.authorDonoso, David A.
dc.contributor.authorGeorgiadis, Christos
dc.contributor.authorGomez, Kiko
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Peter G.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Robert A.
dc.contributor.authorLattke, John E.
dc.contributor.authorMacGown, Joe A.
dc.contributor.authorMackay, William
dc.contributor.authorRobson, Simon
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Nathan J.
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Robert
dc.contributor.authorEconomo, Evan P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T11:13:27Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T11:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-03
dc.description.abstractInvertebrates constitute the majority of animal species and are critical for ecosystem functioning and services. Nonetheless, global invertebrate biodiversity patterns and their congruences with vertebrates remain largely unknown. We resolve the first high-resolution (~20-km) global diversity map for a major invertebrate clade, ants, using biodiversity informatics, range modeling, and machine learning to synthesize existing knowledge and predict the distribution of undiscovered diversity. We find that ants and different vertebrate groups have distinct features in their patterns of richness and rarity, underscoring the need to consider a diversity of taxa in conservation. However, despite their phylogenetic and physiological divergence, ant distributions are not highly anomalous relative to variation among vertebrate clades. Furthermore, our models predict that rarity centers largely overlap (78%), suggesting that general forces shape endemism patterns across taxa. This raises confidence that conservation of areas important for small-ranged vertebrates will benefit invertebrates while providing a “treasure map” to guide future discovery.en_US
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_US
dc.description.librarianam2023en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers Program, Japan Ministry of the Environment, Environment Research, and Technology Development Fund no. 4-1904, the Leverhulme Trust, the National Science Foundation, Australian Research Discovery Grant, Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (South Africa), and the USDA and NIFA support of the Mississippi Entomological Museum.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.science.org/journal/sciadven_US
dc.identifier.citationKass, J.M., Guenard, B., Dudley, K.L. et al. 2022, 'The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity', Science Advances, vol. 8, art. eabp9908, pp. 1-16, doi : 10.1126/sciadv.abp9908.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548
dc.identifier.other10.1126/sciadv.abp9908
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89342
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Scienceen_US
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY).en_US
dc.subjectInvertebratesen_US
dc.subjectVertebratesen_US
dc.subjectTaxaen_US
dc.subjectGlobal diversity mapen_US
dc.subjectGlobal invertebrate biodiversity patternsen_US
dc.titleThe global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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