Figure 2. Effectiveness and consistency of each indicator group to represent mammal taxonomic groups in the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspots.

Graphs indicate how much diversity each indicator group (A–K) captured from each mammal taxonomic group in both Biodiversity Hotspots. Effectiveness and consistency were measured as the percentage of all species included in eight (Cerrado) and nine (Atlantic Forest) sites selected to protected all species of each indicator groups. Bars heights represent means of 20 reserve-selection analyses, error bars represent standard deviations. The ideal model and the null model stand for the result of sites selected based on all species pooled together and random species sets, respectively.