Assessing conservation status and trends for the world’s butterflies: the Sampled Red List Index approach

Lewis, Owen T.; Senior, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1442-7_8

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“…It is hard to establish the exact area of occurrence of invertebrates in the natural environment (Niedbała 2000 ; André et al 2002 ; Lewis and Senior 2011 ). In the case of soil mites it depends on the extent to which a given area has been examined.…”

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A Red List of mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Poland

Napierała

Książkiewicz‐Parulska

Błoszyk

2018

Exp Appl Acarol

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This article presents a Red List of mite species from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes) occurring in Poland. Evaluation of the conservation status of the analyzed species was compiled on the basis of new criteria, which may also be applied to other groups of soil fauna. The authors employ the names of categories proposed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). One of our aims was to review the IUCN criteria to ascertain whether they are applicable in an attempt to assess the danger of extinction of soil invertebrates, and to see whether the criteria can be adapted to make such an assessment. The analyzed material contained 93 mite species obtained from 16,921 soil samples, which were collected between 1961 and 2017 in the whole area of Poland. The categories were assigned to species on the basis of the frequency of the species, but also other factors were taken into account, such as microhabitat specificity, vulnerability to detrimental conditions, and shrinking of local populations. One of the analyzed species can now be regarded as extinct, over 25% of the species (26 spp.) were labeled as critically endangered, and most of them (33 spp.) were categorized as vulnerable—the other species were assigned to the categories endangered (13 spp.), near threatened (10 spp.), and least concern (10 spp.).

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A Red List of mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Poland

Napierała

Książkiewicz‐Parulska

Błoszyk

2018

Exp Appl Acarol

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“…Butterflies are frequently labeled as flagships for invertebrate conservation (New et al 1995;New 1997New , 2009) because they are amongst the few invertebrates that foster public sympathy (Samways 1994), their status and diversity is relatively well-documented (Lewis and Senior 2011), and they engage people through citizen-based monitoring programmes and displays in museums and butterfly houses (Pe'er and Settele 2008). For example, the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) are two oft-cited examples of invertebrate flagships (Guiney and Oberhauser 2008;Parsons 1992).…”

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Selecting flagships for invertebrate conservation

Barua¹,

Gurdak

Ahmed³

et al. 2012

Biodivers Conserv

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Invertebrates have a low public profile and are seriously underrepresented in global conservation efforts. The promotion of flagship species is one way to generate interest in invertebrate conservation. Butterflies are frequently labeled invertebrate flagships, but clear definitions of the conservation actions they are meant to catalyze, and empirical assessments of their popularity amongst non-Western audiences are lacking. To improve the use of invertebrate flagships, we examine how butterflies compare with other taxa in terms of popularity. We then identify characteristics of individual species that are appealing and explore whether these may be used to derive a set of guidelines for selecting invertebrate flagships. We conducted questionnaire-based surveys amongst two target audiences: rural residents (n = 255) and tourists (n = 105) in northeast India. Invertebrates that were aesthetically appealing, or those that provided material benefits or ecological services were liked. Butterflies were the most popular group for both audiences, followed by dragonflies, honeybees and earthworms. A combination of large size and bright colours led to high popularity of individual species, whilst butterflies with unique Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (features were liked by tourists but not rural residents. These results provide empirical evidence that butterflies appeal to diverse audiences and have the potential to be deployed as flagships in different contexts. However, prior to promoting invertebrate flagships, their intended uses need to be specified. Here we define an invertebrate flagship as an invertebrate species or group that resonates with a target audience and stimulates awareness, funding, research and policy support for the conservation of invertebrate diversity. In conclusion we outline a set of heuristic guidelines for selecting flagships to raise awareness of invertebrate diversity and conservation.

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“…At a global level, the IUCN Red List Index has been calculated for birds (Butchart et al 2004;Hoffman et al 2010), mammals (Hoffmann et al 2010, amphibians (Hoffman et al 2010), corals (Butchart et al 2010), and cycads (The Millenium Development Goals Report 2015). An ongoing project is heading to present a sampled Red List Index (SRLI, Baillie et al 2008) of plants (Brummitt et al 2015) and efforts towards a SRLI of butterflies (Lewis and Senior 2011) and Odonata are made (Clausnitzer et al 2009). At a regional and national level, RLIs or SRLIs have been presented for certain groups (Lopez et al 2011;Szabo et al 2012;Moreno Saiz et al 2015;Woinarski et al 2015) or multiple species groups (Gärdenfors 2010;Juslén et al 2013;Rondinini et al 2014).…”

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Application of the Red List Index as an indicator of habitat change

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For the first time ever, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Index for habitat types was calculated for an entire country, Finland. The RLIs were based on species threat assessments from 2000 and 2010 and included habitat definitions for all 10 131 species of 12 organism groups. The RLIs were bootstrapped to track statistically significant changes. The RLI changes of species grouped by habitats were negative for all habitat types except for forests and rural biotopes which showed a stable trend. Trends of beetles and true bugs were positive in rural and forest habitats. Other 16 observed trends of species group and habitat combinations were negative. Several trends observed were in accordance with studies focusing on particular taxa and habitats, and drivers for their change. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the RLI as a tool for observing habitat change based on species threat assessment data.

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Assessing conservation status and trends for the world’s butterflies: the Sampled Red List Index approach

Cited by 23 publications

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A Red List of mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Poland

A Red List of mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes) in Poland

Selecting flagships for invertebrate conservation

Application of the Red List Index as an indicator of habitat change

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