Planning open spaces for wildlife 2: modeling and verifying focal species habitat

Rubino, Matthew J.; Hess, George R.

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(02)00203-7

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“…Some studies used multiple criteria or methods. Noss et al 2002Carroll et al 2003;Rubino & Hess 2003Kremen 1992Ryti 1992;Oliver and Beattie 1996;Niemi et al 1997;Jansson 1998;Swengel and Swengel 1999;Andelman and Fagan 2000;Chase et al 2000;Hughes et al 2000;Kerr et al 2000;Mikusinski et al 2001;Moritz et al 2001;Sahlen and Ekestubbe 2001;Bonn et al 2002;Fleishman et al , 2003Garson et al 2002;Fleishman, 2002, 2004;Negi and Gadgil 2002;Ranius 2002;Ricketts et al 2002;Baldi 2003;Lawler et al 2003;…”

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“…For each study we found, we identified the criteria used for determining effectiveness, the test method used, and whether the authors found the surrogate approach to be successful (Table 2 and Appendix A). Tests focused on how reliably the presence of surrogate species or taxa predicted for regional biodiversity (Rubino and Hess 2003), species richness of a particular taxa Kerr et al 2000;Mikusinski et al 2001;Sahlen and Ekestubbe 2001), or the presence of a particular suite of species (Suter et al 2002). When the habitat required for surrogate species had a high degree of overlap with the location of other species, surrogate species were declared to be a useful conservation tool.…”

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Recommendations for Assessing the Effectiveness of Surrogate Species Approaches

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Surrogate species approaches, including flagship, focal, keystone, indicator, and umbrella, are considered an effective means of conservation planning. For conservation biologists to apply surrogates with confidence, they must have some idea of the effectiveness of surrogates for the circumstances in which they will be applied. We reviewed tests of the effectiveness of surrogate species planning to see if research supports the development of generalized rules for (1) determining when and where surrogate species are an effective conservation tool and (2) how surrogate species should be selected such that the resulting conservation plan will effectively protect biodiversity or achieve other conservation goals. The context and methods of published studies were so diverse that we could not draw general conclusions about the spatial or temporal scales, or ecosystems or taxonomic groups for which surrogate species approaches will succeed. The science of surrogate species can progress by (1) establishing methods to compare diverse measures of effectiveness; (2) taking advantage of data-rich regions to examine the potential effectiveness of surrogate approaches; (3) incorporating spatial scale as an explanatory variable; (4) evaluating surrogate species approaches at broader temporal scales; (5) seeking patterns that will lead to hypothesis driven research; and (6) monitoring surrogate species and their target species.

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Recommendations for Assessing the Effectiveness of Surrogate Species Approaches

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“…Such data have proved useful in several studies addressing the occurrence of rare species from inconspicuous taxa at the scale of landscapes over large regions (e.g., Lund and Rahbek 2002;Rubino and Hess 2003;Hess et al 2006). However, they also present limitations (Favreau et al 2006).…”

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“…However, other studies have shown some bird species to act poorly as umbrella species in forest environments. Rubino and Hess (2003) evaluated the barred owl (Strix varia) as an umbrella species for rare species and communities associated to bottomland forest in North Carolina, USA. The areas identiWed as owl habitat provided some umbrella coverage for vertebrates and vascular plants, but missed all rare invertebrate species, which occurred in smaller forest patches deemed unsuitable for the owl.…”

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The white-backed woodpecker: umbrella species for forest conservation planning?

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In northern Europe, a long history of land use has led to profound changes within forest ecosystems. The white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) is one of several specialised forest species whose populations have declined. Conservation management directed at this species' habitat has made it a de facto umbrella species for conservation of the biodiversity associated with forests rich in deciduous trees and dead wood. We assessed empirically the value of the white-backed woodpecker as an indicator and umbrella species in central Sweden. Occurrence of the woodpecker in breeding bird atlas squares (5 £ 5 km 2 ) indicated high species richness of forest birds, particularly species of special conservation concern, which included on average 13% more species in squares with than without the woodpecker. The number of red-listed cryptogam species expected to beneWt from conservation actions directed at white-backed woodpecker habitats was higher in squares where the woodpecker bred compared to where is was absent. However, no such pattern was found for red-listed beetles, a group with very few records in the studied squares. White-backed woodpecker occurrence was positively associated with the current area of deciduous and mixed forest of high conservation value. Considering its indicator value, its specialised habitat requirements and its potential as a communication tool, using the white-backed woodpecker as an umbrella species may provide a coarse Wlter for the conservation of several other deciduous forest species. However, focusing solely on white-1 C backed woodpecker habitat may not provide for the conservation of all such species, which stresses the need for a suite of complementary planning approaches.

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“…Based on its large home range, association with older forest, and preference for large unfragmented blocks of forest (Mazur and James 2000), the Barred Owl has been promoted as an indicator species of old growth for use in land planning and habitat conservation in some regions (James 1993, Hess and King 2002, Rubino and Hess 2003. Resource extraction by the forestry and energy sectors will have a major impact on the age structure and composition of boreal forest in northern Alberta (Schneider et al 2003).…”

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