The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study
Preserving species within protected areas (PAs) does not guarantee adequate levels of protection if not coupled with conservation of functional connectivity for a target species. We propose an analytical framework to assess the effectiveness of PAs in preserving habitat and functional connectivity f...
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ftunivnapoliiris:oai:www.iris.unina.it:11588/768058 2024-06-23T07:55:45+00:00 The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study Ducci Laura Roscioni Federica. Carranza Maria Laura Agnelli Paolo Russo Danilo Frate Ludovico Loy Anna Santini Giacomo Di Febbraro Mirko Ducci, Laura Roscioni, Federica. Carranza, Maria Laura Agnelli, Paolo Russo, Danilo Frate, Ludovico Loy, Anna Santini, Giacomo Di Febbraro, Mirko 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/11588/768058 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01744-5 http://www.springerlink.com/content/0960-3115 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000464767600014 volume:28 issue:6 firstpage:1569 lastpage:1592 numberofpages:24 journal:BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION http://hdl.handle.net/11588/768058 doi:10.1007/s10531-019-01744-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85065568613 http://www.springerlink.com/content/0960-3115 Bat Functional connectivity Gap analysi Protected area Ranking corridor Species distribution models (SDM) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivnapoliiris https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01744-5 2024-06-10T14:58:51Z Preserving species within protected areas (PAs) does not guarantee adequate levels of protection if not coupled with conservation of functional connectivity for a target species. We propose an analytical framework to assess the effectiveness of PAs in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile vertebrates. We implemented it in central Italy by using as a case study a bat species (common noctule, Nyctalus noctula) to: (i) determine suitable areas by means of Species Distribution Models (SDMs); (ii) identify potential commuting corridors through a functional connectivity analysis; (iii) develop a new tool to rank corridors according to their functional irreplaceability; (iv) implement a gap analysis on both suitable areas and functional corridors; and (v) propose management recommendations for the conservation of N. noctula. The SDM output and a set of proxies of commuting routes were used to build a resistance layer for the connectivity analysis. The resulting functional corridors were ranked according to their isolation (distance to other corridors and to suitable areas) to obtain an irreplaceability index, with isolated corridors scoring high values. The PA effectiveness assessed by overlapping the PA map with the SDM and the ranked functional corridors highlighted that PAs cover just a small portion of suitable sites (20.3%) and functional corridors for the species (20.8%). The irreplaceability index allowed us to identify those areas inside and outside the PAs that critical for persistence of the species in question require immediate protection regimes. The approach we present could be easily extended to other taxa and offers sound insight on how to promote the conservation at landscape scale. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nyctalus noctula IRIS Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Biodiversity and Conservation 28 6 1569 1592 |
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Bat Functional connectivity Gap analysi Protected area Ranking corridor Species distribution models (SDM) Ducci Laura Roscioni Federica. Carranza Maria Laura Agnelli Paolo Russo Danilo Frate Ludovico Loy Anna Santini Giacomo Di Febbraro Mirko The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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Preserving species within protected areas (PAs) does not guarantee adequate levels of protection if not coupled with conservation of functional connectivity for a target species. We propose an analytical framework to assess the effectiveness of PAs in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile vertebrates. We implemented it in central Italy by using as a case study a bat species (common noctule, Nyctalus noctula) to: (i) determine suitable areas by means of Species Distribution Models (SDMs); (ii) identify potential commuting corridors through a functional connectivity analysis; (iii) develop a new tool to rank corridors according to their functional irreplaceability; (iv) implement a gap analysis on both suitable areas and functional corridors; and (v) propose management recommendations for the conservation of N. noctula. The SDM output and a set of proxies of commuting routes were used to build a resistance layer for the connectivity analysis. The resulting functional corridors were ranked according to their isolation (distance to other corridors and to suitable areas) to obtain an irreplaceability index, with isolated corridors scoring high values. The PA effectiveness assessed by overlapping the PA map with the SDM and the ranked functional corridors highlighted that PAs cover just a small portion of suitable sites (20.3%) and functional corridors for the species (20.8%). The irreplaceability index allowed us to identify those areas inside and outside the PAs that critical for persistence of the species in question require immediate protection regimes. The approach we present could be easily extended to other taxa and offers sound insight on how to promote the conservation at landscape scale. |
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The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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The role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Tuscany (Italy) as a case study |
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role of protected areas in preserving habitat and functional connectivity for mobile flying vertebrates: the common noctule bat (nyctalus noctula) in tuscany (italy) as a case study |
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