LACUNAS DO CONHECIMENTO, MUDANÇA CLIMÁTICA E CONSERVAÇÃO DE Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker NO CERRADO

Abstract

Predicting the impact of climate change on the distribution of species and understanding their representation in protected areas will infer their long-term preservation. Conservation actions primarily demand knowledge about the distribution of the species involved, and, therefore, knowledge gaps have an important and decisive impact on estimates of threat status and extinction risk. The purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric approach to map and understand the status of knowledge about the genus Thismia and to assess the impact of climate change on the species Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker, the only species of the genus Thismia known for the Cerrado. It was carried out from an investigation of the scientific studies available for the genre, collected in Scopus and Web of Science databases. The articles were classified according to the year of publication, author affiliation, study area and most studied species. To investigate the distribution and impact of climate change on T. panamensis, occurrence records were combined with climate data available in databases, using the ecological niche models tool (or geographic distribution models). Finally, from the results of the niche models, we evaluated how the areas of climatic suitability are spatially distributed in relation to the conservation units.