Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest
With the intensification of human activities, preserving animal populations is a contemporary challenge of critical importance. In this context, the umbrella species concept is appealing because preserving a single species should result in the protection of multiple co-occurring species. Practitione...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::a25ba7e546301d69af938bd50701ea66 2023-05-15T15:53:24+02:00 Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest Bichet, Orphé M. Dupuch, Angélique Hébert, Christian Le Borgne, Hélène Fortin, Daniel 2015-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.842r3 undefined unknown http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.842r3 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.842r3 lic_creative-commons oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:90944 10.5061/dryad.842r3 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:90944 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 Life sciences medicine and health care Ecosystem integrity umbrella species Rangifer tarandus Species assemblages Boreal caribou Single-species management Biodiversity Eastern Canada boreal forest envir geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.842r3 2023-01-22T16:52:35Z With the intensification of human activities, preserving animal populations is a contemporary challenge of critical importance. In this context, the umbrella species concept is appealing because preserving a single species should result in the protection of multiple co-occurring species. Practitioners, though, face the task of having to find suitable umbrellas to develop single-species management guidelines. In North America, boreal forests must be managed to facilitate the recovery of the threatened boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Yet, the effect of caribou conservation on co-occurring animal species remains poorly documented. We tested if boreal caribou can constitute an effective umbrella for boreal fauna. Birds, small mammals, and insects were sampled along gradients of post-harvest and post-fire forest succession. Predictive models of occupancy were developed from the responses of 95 species to characteristics of forest stands and their surroundings. We then assessed the similarity of species occupancy expected between simulated harvested landscapes and a 90 000-km2 uncut landscape. Managed landscapes were simulated based on three levels of disturbance, two timber-harvest rotation cycles, and dispersed or aggregated cut-blocks. We found that management guidelines that were more likely to maintain caribou populations should also better preserve animal assemblages. Relative to fragmentation or harvest cycle, we detected a stronger effect of habitat loss on species assemblages. Disturbing 22%, 35%, and 45% of the landscape should result, respectively, in 80%, 60%, and 40% probability for caribou populations to be sustainable; in turn, this should result in regional species assemblages with Jaccard similarity indices of 0.86, 0.79, and 0.74, respectively, relative to the uncut landscape. Our study thus demonstrates the value of single-species management for animal conservation. Our quantitative approach allows for the evaluation of management guidelines prior to implementation, thereby providing a tool for ... Dataset caribou Rangifer tarandus Unknown Canada |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Ecosystem integrity umbrella species Rangifer tarandus Species assemblages Boreal caribou Single-species management Biodiversity Eastern Canada boreal forest envir geo Bichet, Orphé M. Dupuch, Angélique Hébert, Christian Le Borgne, Hélène Fortin, Daniel Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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With the intensification of human activities, preserving animal populations is a contemporary challenge of critical importance. In this context, the umbrella species concept is appealing because preserving a single species should result in the protection of multiple co-occurring species. Practitioners, though, face the task of having to find suitable umbrellas to develop single-species management guidelines. In North America, boreal forests must be managed to facilitate the recovery of the threatened boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Yet, the effect of caribou conservation on co-occurring animal species remains poorly documented. We tested if boreal caribou can constitute an effective umbrella for boreal fauna. Birds, small mammals, and insects were sampled along gradients of post-harvest and post-fire forest succession. Predictive models of occupancy were developed from the responses of 95 species to characteristics of forest stands and their surroundings. We then assessed the similarity of species occupancy expected between simulated harvested landscapes and a 90 000-km2 uncut landscape. Managed landscapes were simulated based on three levels of disturbance, two timber-harvest rotation cycles, and dispersed or aggregated cut-blocks. We found that management guidelines that were more likely to maintain caribou populations should also better preserve animal assemblages. Relative to fragmentation or harvest cycle, we detected a stronger effect of habitat loss on species assemblages. Disturbing 22%, 35%, and 45% of the landscape should result, respectively, in 80%, 60%, and 40% probability for caribou populations to be sustainable; in turn, this should result in regional species assemblages with Jaccard similarity indices of 0.86, 0.79, and 0.74, respectively, relative to the uncut landscape. Our study thus demonstrates the value of single-species management for animal conservation. Our quantitative approach allows for the evaluation of management guidelines prior to implementation, thereby providing a tool for ... |
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Bichet, Orphé M. Dupuch, Angélique Hébert, Christian Le Borgne, Hélène Fortin, Daniel |
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Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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Data from: Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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data from: maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: the case of threatened caribou in boreal forest |
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