@article{fdi:010090084,
  title = {{A}ccessibility and appeal jointly bias the inventory of {N}eotropical freshwater fish fauna},
  author = {{H}errera-{R}, {G}. {A}. and {T}edesco, {P}ablo and {D}o{N}ascimiento, {C}. and {J}{\'e}z{\'e}quel, {C}{\'e}line and {G}iam, {X}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}nventorying biodiversity is fundamental to overcoming knowledge shortfalls in species discovery and description ({L}innean shortfall), their distributions ({W}allacean shortfall) and abiotic niches ({H}utchinsonian shortfall). {H}owever, inventorying efforts often show spatial biases, and the underlying causes have only been explored at large spatial extents for the most well-known terrestrial taxa. {I}mproving our understanding of these biases and their drivers is particularly crucial in the speciose tropics, where biodiversity knowledge suffers the most from knowledge shortfalls. {U}sing the most complete information available on freshwater fish distributions in three regions in the {N}eotropics ({O}rinoco and {T}rans-{A}ndeans, the {A}mazon and the {L}a {P}lata basins), first, we evaluated environmental biases in inventory effort and completeness across sub-basins. {F}urther, we examined three hypotheses ({A}ccessibility, {A}ppeal, and {S}afety) to explain the differences in contemporary (2000-2018) inventorying efforts. {T}he {A}ccessibility and {A}ppeal hypotheses were well-supported and conjointly explained a moderate proportion of the spatial variation in the inventorying effort. {B}y contrast, the {S}afety hypothesis predictors showed limited support. {T}he most accessible sub-basins (i.e., lower travel time from cities or closer to fluvial ports) experienced higher inventorying effort regarding the number of unique inventorying locations and years inventoried. {O}ur results suggest that differences in {A}ccessibility alone may be insufficient to explain inventorying biases. {I}nventorying efforts were also biased against sub-basins with lower biodiversity and habitat diversity, showing preferential sampling driven by sub-basins' {A}ppeal. {T}he imprint driven by {A}ppeal elucidates opportunities to coordinate future efforts to fill the shortfalls of biodiversity knowledge more efficiently for the {N}eotropical fish fauna.},
  keywords = {{B}iodiversity knowledge shortfalls ; {A}mazon ; {C}olombia ; {L}a {P}lata ; {I}nventory ; completeness ; {I}nventory effort ; {S}ampling ; {COLOMBIE} ; {AMAZONE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iological {C}onservation},
  volume = {284},
  numero = {},
  pages = {110186 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0006-3207},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110186},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090084},
}