Data requirements and data sources for biodiversity priority area selection

Journal of biosciences

D W Hilbert¹  C R Margules2¹  P H Williams² 

[1] CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Tropical Forest Research Centre and the Rainforest Co-operative Research Centre, PO Box 780, Atherton Queensland 4883, Australia$$;Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK$$

关键词: Biodiversity priority areas;    data accuracy;    data precision;    sample bias;    spatial models;   

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来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The data needed to prioritize areas for biodiversity protection are records of biodiversity features – species, species assemblages, environmental classes – for each candidate area. Prioritizing areas means comparing candidate areas, so the data used to make such comparisons should be comparable in quality and quantity. Potential sources of suitable data include museums, herbariums and natural resource management agencies. Issues of data precision, accuracy and sampling bias in data sets from such sources are discussed and methods for treating data to minimize bias are reviewed.

【 授权许可】

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