采用多模型方法,为英国松鼠的保护和重新引入提供信息Martes martes
Jenny MacPherson1, Patrick Wright1, Nathan Schumaker2
1Vincent Wildlife Trust, Ledbury HR8 1EP, Herefordshire, UK.
概括
使用景观建模和种群可行性分析的新框架有助于优先考虑国家规模的欧洲松鼠保护. 它确定了重引入的关键地区,最大限度地提高了英国各地的保护效益.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 景观生态学 景观生态学
背景情况:
- 欧洲松鼠 (Martes martes) 种群通过自然扩张和重新引入,在英国正在恢复.
- 目前的重新引入项目往往具有地方目标,缺乏国家保护战略.
- 需要一个国家框架来指导松鼠保护工作.
研究的目的:
- 制定一个国家范围的框架,以战略性地定位松鼠保护措施.
- 根据生物和景观因素,确定未来松鼠再引入的优先区域.
- 提高全国范围的松鼠保护计划的有效性.
主要方法:
- 利用景观建模和空间显式人口生存分析 (SPevA).
- 在国家范围内应用息地适宜性和连接性建模.
- 进行了生命史模拟,以评估自然恢复和重新引入的可行性.
主要成果:
- 根据息地适宜性,连接性和种群生存能力,确定了松鼠重新引入的两个优先区域.
- 开发了一个可转移的框架,适用于其他保护优先级工作.
- 提供了一个国家视角,以指导当地重新引入决策.
结论:
- 开发的框架有效地确定和优先考虑适合在国家一级重新引入松鼠的景观.
- 战略规划对于最大限度地提高保护效益和确保松鼠恢复的长期成功至关重要.
- 这种方法支持基于信息的决策,以保护除欧洲松鼠以外的物种.
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