Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska
Abstract Rare ecosystems support unique assemblages of flora and fauna within a small geographic area. As such, their conservation represents an effective method of biodiversity protection. The description, mapping, and assessment of rare ecosystems is a necessary and initial conservation action, ye...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3c034f25369648f8ba1da089be9c54ae 2023-05-15T14:58:42+02:00 Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska Lindsey A. Flagstad Keith W. Boggs Tina V. Boucher Matthew L. Carlson M. Anjanette Steer Bonnie Bernard Megumi Aisu Priscilla Lema Tina Kuo 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.47 https://doaj.org/article/3c034f25369648f8ba1da089be9c54ae EN eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.47 https://doaj.org/toc/2578-4854 2578-4854 doi:10.1111/csp2.47 https://doaj.org/article/3c034f25369648f8ba1da089be9c54ae Conservation Science and Practice, Vol 1, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2019) Arctic Beringian biodiversity boreal Pacific protection index Ecology QH540-549.5 General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.47 2022-12-31T03:55:55Z Abstract Rare ecosystems support unique assemblages of flora and fauna within a small geographic area. As such, their conservation represents an effective method of biodiversity protection. The description, mapping, and assessment of rare ecosystems is a necessary and initial conservation action, yet this has not been completed for Alaska. Here, we provide the first comprehensive treatment of rare terrestrial ecosystems for the state. Thirty‐five rare systems, representing different levels of ecological organization and geographic scale, are presented. In addition, a gap analysis was conducted to evaluate the systems' current level of land management protection relative to their conservation need. Eleven of the mapped ecosystems are considered adequately protected, two are moderately protected, and 22 are less protected. Conservation ranks are incongruously aligned with land management protection levels such that the rarest systems are often not well protected and the less‐imperiled systems are often well protected. On the ecoregion scale, systems with arctic distributions are less protected than are those with boreal and maritime distributions. This rare ecosystem assessment complements species‐ and landscape‐scale conservation studies previously completed for Alaska. Collectively, the recommendations from these assessments provide a science‐based strategy for biological conservation in a vulnerable region of the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Pacific Conservation Science and Practice 1 7 |
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Abstract Rare ecosystems support unique assemblages of flora and fauna within a small geographic area. As such, their conservation represents an effective method of biodiversity protection. The description, mapping, and assessment of rare ecosystems is a necessary and initial conservation action, yet this has not been completed for Alaska. Here, we provide the first comprehensive treatment of rare terrestrial ecosystems for the state. Thirty‐five rare systems, representing different levels of ecological organization and geographic scale, are presented. In addition, a gap analysis was conducted to evaluate the systems' current level of land management protection relative to their conservation need. Eleven of the mapped ecosystems are considered adequately protected, two are moderately protected, and 22 are less protected. Conservation ranks are incongruously aligned with land management protection levels such that the rarest systems are often not well protected and the less‐imperiled systems are often well protected. On the ecoregion scale, systems with arctic distributions are less protected than are those with boreal and maritime distributions. This rare ecosystem assessment complements species‐ and landscape‐scale conservation studies previously completed for Alaska. Collectively, the recommendations from these assessments provide a science‐based strategy for biological conservation in a vulnerable region of the world. |
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Lindsey A. Flagstad Keith W. Boggs Tina V. Boucher Matthew L. Carlson M. Anjanette Steer Bonnie Bernard Megumi Aisu Priscilla Lema Tina Kuo |
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Lindsey A. Flagstad Keith W. Boggs Tina V. Boucher Matthew L. Carlson M. Anjanette Steer Bonnie Bernard Megumi Aisu Priscilla Lema Tina Kuo |
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Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska |
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Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska |
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Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska |
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Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska |
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Assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in Alaska |
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assessing the gap between conservation need and protection status for select rare ecosystems in alaska |
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