Spatial prioritization of conservation management

Conservation Letters

Atte Moilanen²  John R. Leathwick¹ 

[1] Department of Conservation, Research and Development Group, PO Box 516, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand;Department of Biosciences, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Metapopulation Biology, PO Box 65, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

关键词: Connectivity;    freshwater conservation;    habitat maintenance;    habitat restoration;    landscape condition;    retention;    systematic conservation planning;    Zonation software;   

DOI  :  10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00190.x

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

We develop a high-resolution conservation prioritization analysis for New Zealand's rivers and streams that simultaneously consider both the present state (representation) of ecosystems, and the prioritization of management actions designed to mitigate ongoing human impacts on their expected future state (retention). As input we used information about the geographic distributions of river ecosystem groups and their compositional similarity, species richness, present condition as compared to their estimated pristine state, and upstream and downstream connectivity. Candidate management actions included riparian planting, establishment of wetlands on tile-drain outflows, and use of riparian buffer strips in plantation forests. The analysis, carried out at a 1-ha resolution for a study area of 22,000 km² in Southland, New Zealand, demonstrates a credible range of options for management intervention, particularly in lowland streams under serious threat from agricultural intensification. The proposed analysis can be replicated elsewhere for terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems using publicly available software.

【 授权许可】

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