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Integrating national Red Lists for prioritising conservation actions for European butterflies

Publicated to:JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION. 23 (2): 301-330 - 2019-04-15 23(2), DOI: 10.1007/s10841-019-00127-z

Authors: Maes, Dirk; Verovnik, Rudi; Wiemers, Martin; Brosens, Dimitri; Beshkov, Stoyan; Bonelli, Simona; Buszko, Jaroslaw; Cantu-Salazar, Lisette; Cassar, Louis-Francis; Collins, Sue; Dinca, Vlad; Djuric, Milan; Dusej, Goran; Elven, Hallvard; Franeta, Filip; Garcia-Pereira, Patricia; Geryak, Yurii; Goffart, Philippe; Gor, Adam; Hiermann, Ulrich; Hoettinger, Helmut; Huemer, Peter; Jaksic, Predrag; John, Eddie; Kalivoda, Henrik; Kati, Vassiliki; Kirkland, Paul; Komac, Benjamin; Koroesi, Adam; Kulak, Anatolij; Kuussaari, Mikko; L'Hoste, Lionel; Lelo, Suvad; Mestdagh, Xavier; Micevski, Nikola; Mihoci, Iva; Mihut, Sergiu; Monasterio-Leon, Yeray; Morgun, Dmitry V.; Munguira, Miguel L.; Murray, Tomas; Nielsen, Per Stadel; Olafsson, Erling; Ounap, Erki; Pamperis, Lazaros N.; Pavlicko, Alois; Pettersson, Lars B.; Popov, Serhiy; Popovic, Milos; Poeyry, Juha; Prentice, Mike; Reyserhove, Lien; Ryrholm, Nils; Sasic, Martina; Savenkov, Nikolay; Settele, Josef; Sielezniew, Marcin; Sinev, Sergey; Stefanescu, Constanti; Svitra, Giedrius; Tammaru, Toomas; Tiitsaar, Anu; Tzirkalli, Elli; Tzortzakaki, Olga; van Swaay, Chris A. M.; Viborg, Arne Lykke; Wynhoff, Irma; Zografou, Konstantina; Warren, Martin S.;

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Res Inst Nat & Forest INBO, Species Div Grp, Brussels, Belgium.      Research Institute for Nature & Forest - Author
      BCE, Wageningen, Netherlands. - Author

Abstract

Red Lists are very valuable tools in nature conservation at global, continental and (sub-) national scales. In an attempt to prioritise conservation actions for European butterflies, we compiled a database with species lists and Red Lists of all European countries, including the Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands). In total, we compiled national species lists for 42 countries and national Red Lists for 34 of these. The most species-rich countries in Europe are Italy, Russia and France with more than 250 species each. Endemic species are mainly found on the Macaronesian archipelagos and on the Mediterranean islands. By attributing numerical values proportionate to the threat statuses in the different national Red List categories, we calculated a mean Red List value for every country (cRLV) and a weighted Red List value for every species (wsRLV) using the square root of the country's area as a weighting factor. Countries with the highest cRLV were industrialised (NW) European countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Denmark, whereas large Mediterranean countries such as Spain and Italy had the lowest cRLV. Species for which a Red List assessment was available in at least two European countries and with a relatively high wsRLV (50) are Colias myrmidone, Pseudochazara orestes, Tomares nogelii, Colias chrysotheme and Coenonympha oedippus. We compared these wsRLVs with the species statuses on the European Red List to identify possible mismatches. We discuss how this complementary method can help to prioritise butterfly conservation on the continental and/or the (sub-)national scale.

Keywords

BiogeographyChecklistCoenonympha-heroColias-myrmidoneHabitats directiveIndexInvertebratesIucnIucn criteriaLepidopteraLepidoptera papilionoideaManagementPolicyPopulationRangeThreatened speciesTrends

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Animal Science and Zoology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.42. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 4.89 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 8.31 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 33
  • Scopus: 45

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 95.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 95 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 26.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 18 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malt; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (LOPEZ MUNGUIRA, MIGUEL).