abstracted literature on mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
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Abstracted literature on Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years. Annabelle Amm Post-doc BioDivMex IMEP, DFCV CNRS. 1. Context. Threats Climate change Anthropic pressure. Mediterranean basin . Hotspot of biodiversity. 2. Context. Threats Climate change Anthropic pressure. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Abstracted literature on Mediterranean
biodiversity since 10 years
Annabelle Amm
Post-doc BioDivMexIMEP, DFCVCNRS
1
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
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
3
Articles per year
Results
Articles per country
Collaborations
Ecosystems
Taxa
Journals
33 27 47 65 81
113 127 18
1 196 21
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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
Articles per country
Collaborations
Ecosystems
Taxa
Journals
ResultsArticles per country
84%
6% 10%
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North-Mediterranean countries
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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
5
ResultsArticles per country
Other countries as Germany (24 articles) and England (27) also contribute to the literature
6
ResultsArticles per country
Other countries as Germany (24 articles) and England (27) also contribute to the literature
6
ResultsArticles per country
Other countries as Germany (24 articles) and England (27) also contribute to the literature
6
ResultsArticles per country
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
6
Results
Articles per year
Articles per country
Collaborations
Ecosystems
Taxa
Journals
ResultsCollaborations
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Laboratories nb
1060 research laboratories involved in Mediterranean biodiversity research
Mean number of authors per article: 4,33
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ≥ 10
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Laboratories nb
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
ResultsCollaborations
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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Inter IntraC Intra
Articles are either international (Inter), inter-laboratory in the same country (IntraC) or intra-laboratory (Intra)
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interE_e interE_m interG_g interG_m interM_m
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tsInternational
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
9
Results
Articles per year
Articles per country
Collaborations
Ecosystems
Taxa
Journals
ResultsJournals
382 journals inventoried
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382 journals inventoried
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Biod
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Cons
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Coun
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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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Med
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Marine
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ResultsJournals
Journal specialized on marine ecologyFew basic ecological journals
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Marine
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Biol
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Freshwater
Journal specialized on marine ecologyFew basic ecological journals
Journal specialized in aquatic ecologyFew basic ecological journals
12
ResultsJournals
Articles per year
Results
Articles per country
Collaborations
Ecosystems
Taxa
Journals
ResultsEcosystems
Terrestrial: 60% of the articles
Marin: 30%
Freshwater: 10%
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Terrestrial Marine Freshwater
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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
14
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Mar
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Deep
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Mar
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harb
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Coun
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ResultsEcosystems
Further analyses are necessary to better describe what “Marine ecosystem” mean
Marine
15
288
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350
Mar
ine
Deep
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Coas
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ResultsEcosystems
Good representation of all the types of freshwater ecosystems
Marine Freshwa
ter
15
Further analyses are necessary to better describe what “Marine ecosystem” mean
288
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100
150
200
250
300
350
Mar
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Estu
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Mar
ine
cave
Mar
ine
farm
Mar
ine
harb
our
Coun
ts
ResultsEcosystems
Many ecosystems are represented (> 100)
Marine
15
29
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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
Articles per country
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
35
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8
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Coun
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AnimalsMany groups of Animalia kingdom are represented, particularly insects, fishes, mammals and birds
17
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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ts
ResultsTaxa
Spermatophyta are predominantly represented (90% of the articles)
Plants
18
336
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ResultsTaxa
2 2 1 24
1 2 1 1 1 1
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20
25
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35Co
unts
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
18
Conclusion
19
Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Conclusion
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Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature
Conclusion
19
Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Few Mediterranean countries collaborations (particularly South-South collaborations)
Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature
Conclusion
19
Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Few Mediterranean countries collaborations (particularly South-South collaborations)
Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature
Main journals concern biological conservation
Conclusion
Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Few Mediterranean countries collaborations (particularly South-South collaborations)
Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature
Main journals concern biological conservation
19
Terrestrial ecosystem are better described than aquatic ecosystems (marine + freshwater)
Conclusion
Increase interest for Mediterranean biodiversity since 10 years
Few Mediterranean countries collaborations (particularly South-South collaborations)
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
Discrepancy between South and North Mediterranean countries in terms of abstracted literature
Main journals concern biological conservation
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)
Synthesis of BioDivMex workshop
Limit of the approach To complete…
Key words Institute
subscription to Web Of Knowledge
20
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…
Key words Institute
subscription to Web Of Knowledge
20
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)
Synthesis of BioDivMex workshop
Special thanks to Nathalie Polvani and Françoise Fleury-Blanc who really helped us
to organize this workshop
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