Abstracted literature on Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years

Abstracted literature on Mediterranean

biodiversity since 10 years

Annabelle Amm

Post-doc BioDivMexIMEP, DFCVCNRS

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Context

Mediterranean basin

2

Threats

Climate changeAnthropic pressure

Hotspot of biodiversity

Context

Mediterranean basin

Synthesis on Mediterranean biodiversity research in terms of:

2?Ecosystems

CountriesCollaborations

Taxa

Threats

Climate changeAnthropic pressure

Hotspot of biodiversity

Abstracted literature since 10 years

Synthesis of BioDivMex workshop

Strengths, needs and locks of Mediterranean biodiversity research

Method

1245 references (Only Mediterranean

basin)

Reference management

software (EndNote)

Extract information in a database

Authors, Years, Nb of authors, Title, Name review, Research laboratory, Nb of laboratories, Countries, Key words, Fieldwork countries, Ecosystem, Taxon

Fields

Min year: 2001

Max year: 2011

Mediterranean biodiversity

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Articles per year

Results

Articles per country

Collaborations

Ecosystems

Taxa

Journals

33 27 47 65 81

113 127 18

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Papers dealing with Mediterranean biodiversity are in continuous increase since 10 years

Growing interest for Mediterranean biodiversity and biological conservation

If this trend is followed, 310 articles should be published in 2015 4

Results

Articles per year


Collaborations

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ResultsArticles per country

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South-Mediterranean countries

Discrepancy between South and North-Mediterranean countries

Israel and Tunisia are the best South-Mediterranean represented countries

Spain + Italy: 54% of articles

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Other countries as Germany (24 articles) and England (27) also contribute to the literature

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Limit of the approach: Only 1 article for Malta or Morocco

Other countries as Germany (24 articles) and England (27) also contribute to the literature

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Results

Articles per year


Collaborations

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1060 research laboratories involved in Mediterranean biodiversity research

Mean number of authors per article: 4,33

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The majority of the abstracted articles involves 1 laboratory research (33%) or 2 lab. (33%) or 3 lab. (17,5%).

These modalities constitute 83.5 % of the literature. 7

1060 research laboratories involved in Mediterranean biodiversity research

Mean number of authors per article: 4,33


Articles are either international (Inter), inter-laboratory in the same country (IntraC) or intra-laboratory (Intra)

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International collaborations mostly implicate Mediterranean countries

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Articles are either international (Inter), inter-laboratory in the same country (IntraC) or intra-laboratory (Intra)

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Europe Europe + Mediterranean

World World + Mediterranean

Mediterranean

ResultsIntra-Mediterranean

collaborations

60%

40%

Main collaborations are: • Spain-France (25)

• France-Italy (12)

• Italy-Spain (10)• Spain-Portugal (11)

• Tunisia-France (10)

More North-North collaborations than North-South

No collaboration South-South

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Results

Articles per year


Collaborations

Ecosystems

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Journals

ResultsJournals

382 journals inventoried

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382 journals inventoried

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Biological conservation is a main problematic for Mediterranean biodiversity research

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ResultsJournals

Terrestrial

For terrestrial ecosystems, biodiversity and biological conservation are a main problematic

research

Basic ecological journals are not well represented

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Marine

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ResultsJournals

Journal specialized on marine ecologyFew basic ecological journals

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Freshwater

Journal specialized on marine ecologyFew basic ecological journals

Journal specialized in aquatic ecologyFew basic ecological journals

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ResultsJournals

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Voir avec Thierry, j'ai du mal à exprimer mon idée

Articles per year

Results


Collaborations

Ecosystems

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Journals

ResultsEcosystems

Terrestrial: 60% of the articles

Marin: 30%

Freshwater: 10%

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ResultsEcosystems

Soil constitutes 9% of the articles

Terrestrial Forest ecosystem is well

represented (18% of the articles –terrestrial ecosystems-)

Agricultural system constitutes 13% of the articles

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ResultsEcosystems

Further analyses are necessary to better describe what “Marine ecosystem” mean

Marine

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ResultsEcosystems

Good representation of all the types of freshwater ecosystems

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Further analyses are necessary to better describe what “Marine ecosystem” mean

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ResultsEcosystems

Many ecosystems are represented (> 100)

Marine

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Good representation of all the types of freshwater ecosystems

FreshwaterFurther analyses are

necessary to better describe what “Marine ecosystem” mean

Articles per year

Results


Collaborations

Ecosystems

Taxa

Journals

ResultsTaxa

52% of the articles focus on Animals

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35% on Plants

13% on other taxa (fungi, bacteria etc…)

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ResultsTaxa

Animals

Groups such as nematods, cnidaria, annelida are underrepresented (according to the number of species they include)

Many groups of Animalia kingdom are represented, particularly insects, fishes, mammals and birds

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ResultsTaxa

Insect

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AnimalsMany groups of Animalia kingdom are represented, particularly insects, fishes, mammals and birds

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Insects are predominantly represented (15% of the articles), particularly Coleoptera

Elaphocera emarginata

Groups such as nematods, cnidaria, annelida are underrepresented (according to the number of species they include)

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ResultsTaxa

Spermatophyta are predominantly represented (90% of the articles)

Plants

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ResultsTaxa

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Spermatophyta are predominantly represented (90% of the articles)

Trees constitute 23% of the studied taxa

Quercus are well represented, particularly “cork oak” that present economical interest

Plants

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Conclusion

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Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years

Conclusion

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Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature

Conclusion

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Few Mediterranean countries collaborations (particularly South-South collaborations)


Conclusion

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Main journals concern biological conservation

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Terrestrial ecosystem are better described than aquatic ecosystems (marine + freshwater)

Conclusion



Terrestrial ecosystem are better described than aquatic ecosystems (marine + freshwater)

Animals are better represented than plants; important representation of “visible” animals (e. g. mammals) 19



Perspectives

Contact research laboratories looking forward their activities on Mediterranean biodiversity research (thesis, non-abstracted literature)

Many articles are missing, few representation of some authors or countries

Better approach using ecosystem key word (e. g. Mediterranean soil)


Limit of the approach To complete…

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Strength, needs and locks on Mediterranean biodiversity

research?

Perspectives

Strength, needs and locks on Mediterranean biodiversity

research?

Many articles are missing, few representation of some authors or countries

Limit of the approach To complete…

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Contact research laboratories looking forward their activities on Mediterranean biodiversity research (thesis, non-abstracted literature)

Better approach using ecosystem key word (e. g. Mediterranean soil)


Special thanks to Nathalie Polvani and Françoise Fleury-Blanc who really helped us

to organize this workshop

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