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Umbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate species

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111025

Minyi Kau , Byron V. Weckworth , Sheng Li , Mathias M. Pires , Daiying Jin , Michela Pacifici , Carlo Rondinini , Luigi Boitani , Thomas M. McCarthy , Zhi Lu , George B. Schaller , Steven R. Beissinger , Juan Li

The global biodiversity crisis demands targeted conservation strategies that maximize impact despite limited resources. Surrogate species approaches, particularly using umbrella, keystone, and flagship species, offer practical targets for conservation planning that may indirectly benefit ecosystems. However, selecting target species is often hindered by conceptual ambiguities and inconsistent methodologies. To address these challenges, we present an integrative framework that systematically identifies effective surrogate species through Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) combined with big data. Our framework quantifies each species' conservation potential using three indices: an Umbrella index, a Keystone index, and a Flagship index. The Umbrella index assesses habitat overlap using Area of Habitat (AOH) data, the Keystone index is calculated through a network analysis of predator-prey relationships, and the Flagship index analyzes public interest via Google Trends and Baidu Index. These indices are integrated into a composite Effectiveness index using the Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) model, with sensitivity analysis to evaluate the robustness of species rankings. We applied this framework to Three-River-Source National Park in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Our results identified the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) as the most effective surrogate species among mammals, ranking first in both the Flagship and Keystone indices, and tenth in the Umbrella index, leading to its top position in the composite Effectiveness index. This data-driven, transparent approach enhances objectivity in surrogate species selection, promising more strategic and impactful biodiversity conservation efforts worldwide.

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Ecological mechanisms of canopy thinning: Insights into biodiversity recovery in neglected coppice

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111003

Jan Šipoš , Ondřej Košulič , Markéta Chudomelová , Ondřej Dorňák , Radim Hédl

Abandonment of traditional management is among the major causes of the loss of temperate forest biodiversity. While numerous studies highlight the positive impact of restoring traditional forest management on biodiversity, there is a notable gap in research focusing on the ecological mechanisms underlying the benefits to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity.

In this study, we applied canopy thinning of various intensity in an abandoned coppice to examine the response of vascular plant, ant, carabid and spider communities to the thinning intensity.

Our results showed that the increase of functional diversity following canopy thinning is driven by the increased presence, rather than abundance, of species exhibiting unique combinations of ecological traits. Plant and invertebrate communities were not clustered or overdispersed within the phylogenetic or functional space delimited by the species pool, indicating the dominant effect of stochastic processes on community assembly.

Our multispecies study demonstrates for the first time that ecological mechanism maintaining biodiversity following forest thinning are mainly governed by stochastic processes. Notably, our research reveals that the increase in species richness after tree thinning is due to the presence of species with unique ecological trait combinations. Furthermore, we identified distinct mechanisms driving community changes: carabid beetles and ants mainly experience shifts in species composition, while plants and spiders are more affected by species loss.

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Quantifying impacts of seabird bycatch using genetic assignment: A case study of black-footed albatross in U.S. fisheries

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110965

Jessie N. Beck , Diana S. Baetscher , Claire Tobin , Scott V. Edwards , Simon Yung Wa Sin , Shannon Fitzgerald , Vanessa J. Tuttle , John Peschon , Wesley A. Larson

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Compassionate conservation in practice: A values-driven, interdisciplinary, pluralistic, and deliberative community

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111002

William S. Lynn , Liv Baker , William T. Borrie , Adam P.A. Cardilini , Shelley M. Alexander , Simon Coghlan , Paul Cryer , Gavin T. Bonsen , Tristan T. Derham , Oded Keynan , Christine M. Reed , Sophie Riley , Erin A. Ryan , Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila , Kristen Walker , Amaroq E. Weiss , Nadia Xenakis

Conservation biology's purported remit is conserving nature by protecting species, habitats, and ecosystems. Because of this the field has historically given short shrift to the wellbeing of individual animals themselves and their role in nature protection. This approach ignores substantial scientific and ethical evidence showing that many animals are sentient, sapient and social beings who have intrinsic value and individual wellbeing. Compassionate conservation (CC) is an emergent paradigm of conservation arising to redress this absolute or relative dismissal of wild lives. Noting that the practice of CC is not well characterized, we used a modified Delphi method to explore the meaning and significance of such practices. Contrary to the stereotypes of critics, CC is not a “do nothing” but a “do better and do right” approach to working in the field. Recognizing that all science is value-laden, CC is self-consciously guided by a bounded pluralism of ethical values that inform its practice. We characterize these values as a commitment to the intrinsic moral value of people, animals and nature, and an ethics of care for their wellbeing. CC emphasizes the alignment of values and practice, coexistence as an overall goal, cooperation in the sense of working with and not against nature, honesty about the competing demands of individuals and groups in ecological and social communities, humility about the extent of our knowledge, restraint in undertaking interventions that lack efficacy, and strict scrutiny of both the ethical and scientific justifications for actions affecting animal wellbeing.

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Triangulating habitat suitability for the locally extirpated California grizzly bear

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110989

Alex McInturff , Peter S. Alagona , Scott D. Cooper , Kaitlyn M. Gaynor , Sarah E. Anderson , Elizabeth S. Forbes , Robert Heilmayr , Elizabeth H.T. Hiroyasu , Bruce E. Kendall , Alexis M. Mychajliw , Molly Hardesty-Moore

Reintroducing locally extirpated wildlife species is often necessary to meet recovery goals. However, because current field data cannot be gathered about these species, efforts to identify suitable habitat are often complicated and controversial. Here we present a case study examining a novel approach for identifying suitable habitat for the locally extirpated brown bear, known as the “grizzly,” in California, USA. Once home to a large population of grizzlies, the last credible sighting of a grizzly in California was in 1924, but recent discussions have explored a reintroduction. To study potential grizzly bear habitat suitability in California, we use a multi-model approach in which we consider three indirect methods, or “analogies,” each of which incorporates both environmental and social variables. In the “historical analogy,” we use a unique record of human encounters and museum specimens to build a habitat model of grizzlies in California 150 years ago. In the “geographic analogy,” we use data about contemporary brown bears in Europe and North America to identify potential suitable habitat in California. In the “taxonomic analogy,” we examine data from other large carnivores currently extant in California to draw conclusions about grizzlies. Because these methods yield varying results, we adopt a process known in the social sciences as “triangulation” to compare them. We show that a triangulation approach can improve our understanding of potential suitable habitat, clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of various methods and producing robust yet conservative estimates. Our findings suggest that large areas of suitable habitat for grizzlies exist in California. However, we note that place-based social science research and long-term investment in co-existence would be necessary to maintain suitability. The “analogy and triangulation” process demonstrates the value of multi-model approaches for evaluating habitat suitability, especially for reintroductions.

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Habitat disturbance alters movement behaviour in a social Afrotropical forest bird

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110996

Gladys Nyakeru Kung'u , Christina Fischer , Janne Heiskanen , Laurence Cousseau , Mwangi Githiru , Jan Christian Habel , Kim G. Mortega , Peter Njoroge , Linda Alila , Petri Pellikka , Luc Lens , Beate Apfelbeck

Animal movement is crucial for fitness and is influenced by resource availability and social dynamics. Habitat degradation changes resource availability, impacting movement behaviour and habitat use. However, responses vary among species, and the role of sociality is unclear. Thus, a better understanding of how and why habitat degradation affects animal movement patterns is important for effective conservation. We studied the impact of forest degradation on the movement behaviour of the placid greenbul Phyllastrephus placidus, a cooperatively breeding bird, in the cloud forest fragments of the Taita Hills in Kenya, which are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains biodiversity hotspot. Individuals covered greater distances and occupied larger home ranges in heavily degraded than in less degraded forest. This was probably due to decreased canopy cover in degraded forest as travel distance and home-range size were inversely related to canopy cover within the home range. In addition, in the degraded forest, individuals were found preferentially in sites with higher mean canopy height than the mean canopy height calculated over the entire home range. Group sizes were not related to home-range size or travel distances. Thus, forest degradation seems to reduce the availability of suitable foraging patches and increase resource dispersion, but not resource richness within foraging patches. The study highlights the need to develop strategies to prevent further degradation of canopy cover in the Taita Hills and other tropical forest ecosystems to ensure the long-term persistence of tropical forest species.

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Diverse land uses and connectivity allow urban wildlife populations to meet minimum area requirements

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110909

Rachel Peterson, Margaret E. Andrew

A number of native species, including species of conservation concern, are found in cities worldwide. However, the persistence of these populations is uncertain given the extinction debt fragmented urban ecosystems are likely to face. We used species distribution modelling and graph theory to evaluate the ability of connected habitat networks to sustain viable populations of quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), a priority near-threatened mammal species, in the urban and peri-urban landscapes of Perth, Western Australia. Quenda habitat was associated with native remnants and adjacent perennial vegetation in the urban matrix, and occurred most prominently on commercial, education, and industrial land uses. We evaluated connectivity models corresponding to two movement behaviours: routine daily movements within the home range and annual home range shifts, finding that annual scale movements are most important for connectivity. At this scale, quenda habitat was relatively well connected. Most (68–80 %) of the suitable habitat (9–10 % of the study area) met minimum viable area (MVA) requirements when assessed as part of a connected habitat network. However, this is divided into 10–30 disconnected populations and quenda are unlikely to persist in the most densely developed areas. Our results can be used to guide planning so that viable populations are not lost or subdivided by ongoing urban development. They also highlight where urban greening might restore connectivity to ‘rescue’ declining populations that do not currently have access to an MVA. Quenda are beloved by urban residents; their sustained presence throughout Perth enhances people's connection to nature and may strengthen support for conservation.

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Dispersal and settlement dynamics of wolves in a lowland ecological corridor in northern Italy: Effects of resource availability and human disturbance

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110936

Camilla De Feudis , Elisa Torretta , Valerio Orioli , Pietro Tirozzi , Luciano Bani , Alberto Meriggi , Olivia Dondina

A dispersal strategy punctuated by breeding events along corridors is the most effective for sustaining recolonization and viable metapopulations of large mammals. Consequently, functional ecological corridors not only have to offer dispersal routes, but they must also provide suitable breeding conditions. This study investigated wolf spatio-temporal behavior within the Ticino Natural Park, an ecological corridor crossing a highly human-modified area in northern Italy. Wolves were systematically monitored from 2017 to 2023. Kernel and resource selection analyses showed that core areas characterized by high naturalness attracted transient individuals due to their suitability for potential settlement. Wolves selected core areas with low anthropogenic disturbance, high shrub cover, and prey abundance, aligning with behaviors observed in resident wolves. Despite the availability of favorable habitat conditions and the nocturnal behavior adopted by wolves, anthropogenic disturbance, including culling activities, human-induced mortality, and traffic roads, have been the primary limitation to pack establishment in the park so far. However, the observations of a stable wolf pair in the most recent core area in 2023–2024 and the consequent implementation of conservation management actions by park managers have permitted the very recent settlement of the first wolf pack within the protected area. This event will reinforce the ecological connectivity between Apennines and Alps wolf sub-populations and between the Italian and European populations. This study underscores the importance of actively protecting natural corridors able to support both dispersal and settlement to ensure recolonization of formerly occupied areas and the long-term large carnivore conservation in a landscape of coexistence.

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Integrating movement behaviours for intra-specific conservation: The caribou case

IF 4.9 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110933

Margaret M. Hughes , Charlotte Bourbon , Pietro Milanesi , Jasmine S.M. Veitch , Samuel Deakin , Helen Schwantje , Caeley Thacker , Agnès Pelletier , Jean Polfus , Peter Neuhaus , Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl , Jocelyn Poissant , Marco Musiani

Conserving diversity below the species level is vital to maintaining species' adaptive potential. However, defining intra-specific units for conservation is complex due to the often-continuous nature of differentiation, and thus multiple lines of evidence are needed to adequately capture adaptive differences. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) exemplify this challenge, exhibiting diverse behavioural, genetic, and morphological variation throughout their range, with several populations facing extirpation. We used a long-term telemetry dataset of 302 caribou across the species' range in western Canada to assess individual variation in movement behaviours. This included behaviours hypothesized to be of adaptive significance, such as migration, home range size and shape, and inferred predator avoidance tactics. Gaussian finite mixture models were then used to identify intra-specific behavioural clusters which may be evolutionarily significant, followed by Random Forest models to discern behaviours driving differentiation between clusters. We identified six distinct clusters based on individual variation in behaviour. Differentiation between clusters was significantly influenced by selection for canopy cover (%) at calving events, home range size and shape, migratory behaviour, and geographic location. Since behavioural variation arises from genetic, environmental, and social factors, our results highlight the value of incorporating trait variation into the assessment of evolutionarily significant units for conservation. We advocate for the consideration of behavioural variation, as it offers valuable insights into adaptive differences. This approach holds promise for informing conservation efforts, not only for caribou, but other terrestrial species at risk given the importance of maintaining genetic and phenotypic diversity.

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Biological Conservation

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110967

Dominick A. DellaSala

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