Designing a Coherent Ecological Network for Large Mammals in Northwestern Europe

Bruinderink, Geert Groot; Sluis, T. van der; Lammertsma, D.R.; Opdam, P.F.M.; Pouwels, R.

doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01137.x

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“…A number of European countries realise the severity of this problem, and have designed networks of migration corridors with a certain level of landscape protection (i.e. Van der Sluis ed., 2004, Bruinderink et al, 2003. However, not enough attention has been paid to long distance migration routes of large mammals in the Czech Republic.…”

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Designing Migration Corridors for Large Mammals in the Czech Republic

Romportl¹,

Andreas²,

Anděl³

et al. 2013

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The presented article introduces methods and some results of a project aiming to improve the protection of landscape permeability for migration of large mammals. The main aim of the project was delimitation of migration corridors, representing an ecological network connecting areas of existing, or potential presence of focal species. Based on mapping of current and historical occurrence of selected species of large predators and ungulates, areas of potential presence of such species were defined, including further analysis of connectivity of these areas. At the same time, all categories of anthropogenic and natural barriers were described. Migration corridors were designed over detailed topographic datasets, according to the results of habitat analyses of both groups of animals, and subsequently were tested in the field. The project resulted in a coherent network of existing and proposed migration corridors, with sections categorised according to permeability, as well as methodical protection and a management plan.

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Designing Migration Corridors for Large Mammals in the Czech Republic

Romportl¹,

Andreas²,

Anděl³

et al. 2013

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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“…Connectivity has longitudinal, lateral (e.g., rivers to floodplains), vertical (e.g., recharge of subterranean ground water) and temporal (e.g., (Williams et al 2005) changing habitat distributions through time) dimensions. In regional conservation, connectivity has most commonly focused on developing corridors between areas to accommodate animal movement (e.g., Bruinderink et al 2003;Fuller et al 2006), and aquatic connectivity for fish migrations (e.g., Schick and Lindley 2007;Khoury et al 2010). However, connectivity is also critical for the movement of water, sediment and nutrients, especially in marine and freshwater systems (Abrantes and Sheaves 2010;Beger et al 2010;Khoury et al 2010).…”

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Incorporating climate change into systematic conservation planning

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The principles of systematic conservation planning are now widely used by governments and non-government organizations alike to develop biodiversity conservation plans for countries, states, regions, and ecoregions. Many of the species and ecosystems these plans were designed to conserve are now being affected by climate change, and there is a critical need to incorporate new and complementary approaches into these plans that will aid species and ecosystems in adjusting to potential climate change impacts. We propose five approaches to climate change adaptation that can be integrated into existing or -012-0269-3 new biodiversity conservation plans: (1) conserving the geophysical stage, (2) protecting climatic refugia, (3) enhancing regional connectivity, (4) sustaining ecosystem process and function, and (5) capitalizing on opportunities emerging in response to climate change. We discuss both key assumptions behind each approach and the trade-offs involved in using the approach for conservation planning. We also summarize additional data beyond those typically used in systematic conservation plans required to implement these approaches. A major strength of these approaches is that they are largely robust to the uncertainty in how climate impacts may manifest in any given region.Conserv (2012) 21:1651-1671 DOI 10.1007/s10531

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“…In comparison with ex situ conservation, in situ conservation is more concerned with conservation in the conventional sense because it concentrates more on the preservation of intrinsic features and the long-term sustainability of biodiversity. A well-balanced in situ conservation system will protect biodiversity from the stresses of human activities (Bruinderink et al, 2003;Wu et al, 2011). Nevertheless, in the real world, funding limitations on land conservation initiatives lead to conflicts between economic development and conservation.…”

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Determination of priority nature conservation areas and human disturbances in the Yangtze River Basin, China

Zhang

Ouyang

et al. 2014

Journal for Nature Conservation

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a b s t r a c tBecause of limitation of manpower, funding, and land available in conservation, the problem of how to select essential regions to establish protection systems for biodiversity maintenance has been widely discussed. In an effort to address the problem, this study has aimed to select a set of priority areas and to determine their priority order by quantifying human disturbances for each area in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB). This basin covers 2.143 million km 2 , or more than 20% of China's territory. The habitats of 627 indicator species were predicted as a proxy for biodiversity. A conservation planning tool, MARXAN, was used to determine the optimal set of planning units, and three different target scenarios were generated. In addition, under the assumption that if two areas have equal value for conservation, the one suffering more severe disturbance needs more urgent protection than the other, priority ranking analysis was carried out using a 6-12-1 BP artificial neural network. Then hierarchical cluster analysis was applied to the classifications of human disturbances to formulate more detailed conservation strategies. By integrating the degree of irreplaceability of each unit, expert experience, and mountain boundaries, 17 biodiversity priority areas containing 33,200 units over an area of 0.83 million km 2 were defined. These areas also protected 56% of 32 types of rare forest ecosystem and 76.4% of six types of rare grassland ecosystem on average. According to the evaluation of human impact, a priority order and five types of human disturbance areas were generated. Some protection gaps were also identified, such as the northern part of the Wuyi Mountains. Moreover, the determination of priority nature conservation areas on a large scale can be used to influence the building of a well-connected protection network in each individual area, so that effective genetic communication can occur between species or groups of species. Conservation decisions focusing on the dominant impact factors that are threatening biodiversity sustainability are required as well.

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Designing a Coherent Ecological Network for Large Mammals in Northwestern Europe

Cited by 100 publications

References 35 publications

Designing Migration Corridors for Large Mammals in the Czech Republic

Designing Migration Corridors for Large Mammals in the Czech Republic

Incorporating climate change into systematic conservation planning

Determination of priority nature conservation areas and human disturbances in the Yangtze River Basin, China

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