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Cost-effective conservation of amphibian ecology and evolution
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Habitat loss is the most important threat to species survival, and the efficient selection of priority areas is fundamental for good systematic conservation planning. Using amphibians as a conservation target, we designed an innovative assessment strategy, showing that prioritization models focused on functional, phylogenetic, and taxonomic diversity can include cost-effectiveness-based assessments of land values. We report new key conservation sites within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hot spot, revealing a congruence of ecological and evolutionary patterns. We sug- gest payment for ecosystem services through environmental set-asides on private land, establishing potential trade- offs for ecological and evolutionary processes. Our findings introduce additional effective area-based conservation parameters that set new priorities for biodiversity assessment in the Atlantic Forest, validating the usefulness of a novel approach to cost-effectiveness-based assessments of conservation value for other species-rich regions.
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SIQUEIRA CAMPOS, Felipe, et al. Cost-effective conservation of amphibian ecology and evolution. Science Advances. 2017. Vol. 3, num. 6, pags. e1602929. ISSN 2375-2548. [consulted: 11 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/120475