Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US
Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols is a priority for wildlife conservation agencies worldwide. In particular, developing protocols that cover a wide range of species is highly desirable. Here we applied the ‘umbrella species’ concept to the context of ecological monitoring; specifically...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/3033840 2023-05-15T13:21:50+02:00 Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US Mortelliti A. Brehm A. M. Evans B. E. Mortelliti, A. Brehm, A. M. Evans, B. E. 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3033840 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05791-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05791-x eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/35115605 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000752017100040 volume:12/2022 issue:1 firstpage:1 lastpage:12 numberofpages:12 journal:SCIENTIFIC REPORTS https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3033840 doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05791-x info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85123974679 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05791-x info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Animal Biodiversity Maine Population Density Season Species Specificity Time Factor Conservation of Natural Resource Ecosystem Environmental Monitoring Mammals info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftunitriestiris https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05791-x 2023-04-09T05:59:21Z Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols is a priority for wildlife conservation agencies worldwide. In particular, developing protocols that cover a wide range of species is highly desirable. Here we applied the ‘umbrella species’ concept to the context of ecological monitoring; specifically testing the hypothesis that protocols developed for the American marten would contextually allow detecting occupancy trends for 13 other mammalian species (i.e., an umbrella effect). We conducted a large-scale four-year camera trapping survey across a gradient of forest disturbance in Maine, USA. We sampled 197 sites using a total of 591 cameras and collected over 800,000 photographs to generate detection histories for the most common terrestrial species. By combining multi-season occupancy modelling and power analyses, we estimated the required sampling effort to detect 10%, 25% and 50% declines in the fourteen species. By conducting a spatially explicit comparison of sampling effort, we found evidence that monitoring protocols for American marten would provide an umbrella effect for up to 11 other mammal species. The capacity of the umbrella effect varied among species, with fisher, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, and black bear consistently covered under several scenarios. Our results support the application of the umbrella species concept to monitoring (here defined as ‘umbrella monitoring species’), providing empirical evidence for its use by management agencies. Article in Journal/Newspaper American marten Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Scientific Reports 12 1 |
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Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols is a priority for wildlife conservation agencies worldwide. In particular, developing protocols that cover a wide range of species is highly desirable. Here we applied the ‘umbrella species’ concept to the context of ecological monitoring; specifically testing the hypothesis that protocols developed for the American marten would contextually allow detecting occupancy trends for 13 other mammalian species (i.e., an umbrella effect). We conducted a large-scale four-year camera trapping survey across a gradient of forest disturbance in Maine, USA. We sampled 197 sites using a total of 591 cameras and collected over 800,000 photographs to generate detection histories for the most common terrestrial species. By combining multi-season occupancy modelling and power analyses, we estimated the required sampling effort to detect 10%, 25% and 50% declines in the fourteen species. By conducting a spatially explicit comparison of sampling effort, we found evidence that monitoring protocols for American marten would provide an umbrella effect for up to 11 other mammal species. The capacity of the umbrella effect varied among species, with fisher, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, and black bear consistently covered under several scenarios. Our results support the application of the umbrella species concept to monitoring (here defined as ‘umbrella monitoring species’), providing empirical evidence for its use by management agencies. |
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Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US |
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