SIA‐BRA: A database of animal stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Brazil

Motivation SIA‐BRA is a data set that compiles stable carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope ratios of terrestrial and aquatic animals sampled in Brazilian biomes and coastal marine areas. Stable isotope ratios are helpful in animal ecology for several reasons; for instance, they can be used to investi...

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Published in:	Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 611 - 620
Main Authors:	Diniz‐Reis, Thaís Rovere, Augusto, Fernanda Gaudio, Abdalla Filho, Adibe Luiz, Araújo, Maria Gabriella da Silva, Chaves, Siglea Sanna Freitas, Almeida, Rodrigo Figueiredo, Perez, Elen Blanco, Simon, Carla da Penha, Souza, Janaína Leite, Costa, Cristiane Formigosa Gadelha, Gomes, Taciana Figueiredo, Martinez, Melissa Gaste, Soltangheisi, Amin, Mariano, Eduardo, Vanin, Aline Salvador, Andrade, Tiago Ramos de, Boesing, Andrea Larissa, Costa, Fabio José Viana, Fortuna, Monique D'Assunção, Guedes, Victor Martins, Kisaka, Tiago Borges, Kruszynski, Cecília, Lara, Neliton Ricardo Freitas, Lima, Raquel Aparecida Mendes, Pompermaier, Vinicius Tirelli, Rangel, Bianca de Sousa, Ribeiro, Juliana Fernandes, Santi Junior, Adelino de, Tassoni Filho, Maurício, Ferreira, Anderson, Marques, Thiago Simon, Pereira, Alexandre Leandro, Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza, Anjos, Maeda Batista dos, Medeiros, Elvio Sergio Figueredo, Benedito, Evanilde, Calheiros, Débora Fernandes, Christofoletti, Ronaldo Adriano, Cremer, Marta Jussara, Duarte‐Neto, Paulo José, Nardoto, Gabriela Bielefeld, Oliveira, Ana Cristina Belarmino de, Rezende, Carlos Eduardo de, da Silva, Maria Nazareth Ferreira, Zuanon, Jansen Alfredo Sampaio, Verdade, Luciano Martins, Moreira, Marcelo Zacharias, Camargo, Plínio Barbosa de, Martinelli, Luiz Antonio, Gill, Jacquelyn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-04-2022
Subjects:	13C 15N Animal species Animal tissues Animals Aquatic animals Carbon Datasets Diet Ecological effects Ecology Energy sources Estuaries Food chains Food webs Foraging behavior Foraging habitats Habitat utilization Invertebrates Isotope ratios Livestock Livestock production macroecology Marine environment Neotropical region Nitrogen Nitrogen isotopes Phylogeny Physiological effects Stable isotopes Terrestrial environments Tracing Vertebrates Wildlife Wildlife habitats Brazil
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Summary:	Motivation SIA‐BRA is a data set that compiles stable carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope ratios of terrestrial and aquatic animals sampled in Brazilian biomes and coastal marine areas. Stable isotope ratios are helpful in animal ecology for several reasons; for instance, they can be used to investigate trophic niches, energy sources (diet tracing) and to track migration patterns. The Neotropics are considered one of the most undersampled regions of the world. Given that Brazil is a continental country where most of the dietary ecology of animal species is under‐assessed, we believe that the SIA‐BRA can provide important complementary information to address this gap in the literature. Additionally, the SIA‐BRA data set allows future investigations to address many questions concerning diet tracing, habitat use, food webs, foraging ecology, physiological aspects and effects of phylogeny on dietary ecology. Main type of variable investigated Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios for terrestrial and aquatic animals. Spatial location and grain The SIA‐BRA included animal tissues sampled in 964 sites in the main Brazilian biomes and coastal marine areas. Time period The data represent information published and/or sampled from 1984 to 2021. Major taxa studied and measurement level The SIA‐BRA contains isotopic data of c. 21,804 non‐captive wildlife specimens, excluding livestock production or laboratory experiments. They were 13,881 vertebrates and 7,923 invertebrates. They were divided into the following habitats: terrestrial (30% of the total), freshwater (27%), oceanic (40%) and estuarine (4%). There were 11 phyla, with a clear dominance of Chordata (64%) and Arthropoda (29%), 36 classes, 154 orders, 473 families, 894 genera and 1,157 species. Software format Data are supplied as a comma‐delimited text file (.csv).
Bibliography:	Funding information There was no specific funding for this study. However, most of the isotopic data included in this study were generated with the financial support of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
ISSN:	1466-822X 1466-8238
DOI:	10.1111/geb.13449