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Bet-hedging applications for conservation.

Mark S Boyce1, Eileen M Kirsch, Christopher Servheen

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada. boyce@ualberta.ca

Journal of Biosciences
|August 15, 2002
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Maintaining multiple, asynchronous populations enhances species survival by reducing extinction risk through bet-hedging. This strategy is crucial for conservation efforts, as seen with least terns and grizzly bears.

Area of Science:

  • Conservation Biology
  • Population Dynamics
  • Ecology

Background:

  • Population viability is enhanced by maintaining multiple populations.
  • Bet-hedging principles justify strategies that reduce variance in population size to decrease extinction risk.
  • Asynchronous population fluctuations across independent areas reduce aggregate population variance, while environmental correlation increases extinction risk.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the theoretical rationale of bet-hedging.
  • To suggest applications for conservation management.
  • To reduce extinction risk for least terns and grizzly bears.

Main Methods:

  • Review of theoretical bet-hedging principles.
  • Application of these principles to case studies.

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  • Analysis of population dynamics and environmental correlations.

    • Main Results:

    • Sustaining the central Platte River population alongside the lower Platte population can reduce extinction risk for least terns.
    • Restoring grizzly bears to the Bitterroot wilderness could decrease their extinction probability by 69-93% in the Rocky Mountains.
    • Asynchronous population dynamics are key to mitigating extinction risk.

    Conclusions:

    • Bet-hedging through maintaining multiple, asynchronous populations is a vital conservation strategy.
    • Conservation management should focus on preserving and establishing independent populations.
    • The findings support proactive management for species like least terns and grizzly bears.