将马达加斯加的种类的保护优先事项与高分辨率的规划工具协调一致
C Kremen1, A Cameron, A Moilanen
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, 137 Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA. ckremen@nature.berkeley.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 12, 2008
概括
多种类的保护方法对于确定支持大多数物种的优先区域至关重要. 这项研究揭示了马达加斯加保护区的最佳扩张地点,这对全球生物多样性热点至关重要.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 生物多样性热点是生物多样性的热点.
- 空间优先级的确定
背景情况:
- 全球生物多样性优先领域已知,但缺乏详细的保护行动计划.
- 马达加斯加是一个生物多样性热点,表现出复杂的,分类学特定的特有病态模式,挑战了保护优先级.
- 迫切需要有效的战略来保护生物多样性热点中的特有物种.
研究的目的:
- 确定在马达加斯加内确定保护优先事项的最有效方法.
- 确定保护区的最佳扩张地点,以实现马达加斯加的保护目标.
- 评估多种类型优先级对保护全球热点生物多样性的有用性.
主要方法:
- 进行了高分辨率的空间分析,涵盖了广泛的种类和地理区域.
- 采用新现有的技术来确定保护优先级.
- 将多种类型的方法与单种类型的方法进行比较,以确定支持大多数物种的区域.
主要成果:
- 多种类型的方法比单种类型的方法更有效,用于识别对物种持久性至关重要的区域.
- 该研究确定了马达加斯加保护区的最佳扩张地点,与政府的目标保持一致.
- 研究结果强调了高分辨率,多种类型优先级对有效保护的重要性.
结论:
- 整合多个分类组对于强大的生物多样性保护计划至关重要.
- 这些已识别的地点为扩大马达加斯加的保护区提供了科学支持的战略.
- 高分辨率的多种类型优先级方法对于保护全球热点地区的生物多样性至关重要.
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