Selecting priority areas for the conservation of endemic trees species and their ecosystems in Madagascar considering both conservation value and vulnerability to human pressure
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Author(s)
Carrasco, Jesus
Price, Victoria
Tulloch, Vivitskaia
Mills, Morena
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Madagascar is one of the most biodiverse countries in Africa, due to its level of endemism and species diversity. However, the pressure of human activities threatens the last patches of natural vegetation in the country and conservation decisions are undertaken with limited data availability. In this study, we use free online datasets to generate distribution models of 1539 endemic trees and prioritise for conservation and restoration considering threat, alongside conservation value and cost. Threats considered include illegal logging, forest degradation and agriculture or slash and burns activities. We found that the areas with the highest potential concentration of species are along the north and south-east of the country where more than 400 tree species can be found. Most scenarios identify a common conservation and restoration priority area along the north east of the country. Our findings guide managers, conservation organizations or governments in decisions about where to invest their limited conservation resources.
Date Issued
2020-05
Date Acceptance
2020-02-03
Citation
Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020, 29, pp.1841-1854
ISSN
0960-3115
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Start Page
1841
End Page
1854
Journal / Book Title
Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume
29
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Springer Nature B.V. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01947-1
Identifier
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-020-01947-1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Biodiversity & Conservation
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Systematic conservation planning
Madagascar endemic Trees
Marxan
MaxEnt
Species distribution modelling
GBIF
Marxan with probabilities
DISTRIBUTION MODELS
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
FOREST
DISTRIBUTIONS
DEFORESTATION
COSTS
PLAN
RESTORATION
INFORMATION
0501 Ecological Applications
0502 Environmental Science and Management
0602 Ecology
Ecology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-02-11