COMO A CIENCIOMETRIA PODE CONTRIBUIR PARA REDUZIR LACUNAS DE CONHECIMENTO SOBRE ANFÍBIOS E RÉPTEIS EM DIFERENTES ESCALAS GEOGRÁFICAS?

Abstract

Amphibians and reptiles play important ecological processes essential for the balance of the ecosystem, however, aresuffering a sharp decline. The status of conservation of biodiversity is a global concern, given the high rates of extinction that biological diversity faces, mainly caused by human actions. Analyze trends in scientific production is an efficient strategy, because it allows you to generate subsidies important to the understanding of the relationships and characteristics of biological diversity, in addition to understanding the extent and nature of the research activities undertaken in different areas reducing the knowledge gap. Although the amphibians and reptiles are relatively well studied and constantly evaluated as their categories of threat, the deficiency of data remains a problem. The objective of this work was to analyze the scientific production of amphibians and reptiles at different geographical scales, specifically, (1) evaluate and quantify the scientific production on Anurans of the mid-western region of Brazil, and (2) evaluate and quantify the overall production of scientific notes on amphibians and reptiles. The results allow us to identify the current scenario of knowledge for these taxonomic groups, in addition to identifying knowledge gaps, by helping conservation strategies.