Conserving mobile species

Runge, Claire A.; Martin, Tara G.; Possingham, Hugh P.; Willis, Stephen G.; Fuller, Richard A.

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“…This, however, is not an easy task, particularly for global environmental problems that extend political jurisdictions (e.g., the conservation of migratory species; Runge et al 2014) or both jurisdictions and policy sectors (e.g., ocean and water management; Sabatier 2005, Crowder et al 2006; are characterized by uncertain and rapid cumulative changes (e.g., the management of invasive species; Hobbs 2000); and exhibit a strong interplay between social and ecological systems (e.g., landuse change; Lambin et al 2001) and spatial and temporal scales (e.g., climate change; Wilbanks and Kates 1999). Thus, addressing these global challenges requires not only the involvement of numerous actors across large geographical scales, but also the involvement of actors across multiple scales (local, regional, supraregional) and across distinct geographic yet ecologically connected areas (Young 2002, Carlsson and Berkes 2005, Folke et al 2005, Brondizio et al 2009, Walker et al 2009, Ostrom 2010a, Österblom and Bodin 2012.…”

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Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation

Guerrero¹,

Bodin²,

McAllister³

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. 2015. Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation. Ecology and Society 20 (4) ABSTRACT. Significant benefits can arise from collaborative forms of governance that foster self-organization and flexibility. Likewise, governance systems that fit with the extent and complexity of the system under management are considered essential to our ability to solve environmental problems. However, from an empirical perspective the fundamental question of whether self-organized (bottomup) collaborative forms of governance are able to accomplish adequate fit is unresolved. We used new theory and methodological approaches underpinned by interdisciplinary network analysis to address this gap by investigating three governance challenges that relate to the problem of fit: shared management of ecological resources, management of interconnected ecological resources, and crossscale management. We first identified a set of social-ecological network configurations that represent the hypothesized ways in which collaborative arrangements can contribute to addressing these challenges. Using social and ecological data from a large-scale biodiversity conservation initiative in Australia, we empirically determined how well the observed patterns of stakeholder interactions reflect these network configurations. We found that stakeholders collaborate to manage individual parcels of native vegetation, but not for the management of interconnected parcels. In addition, our data show that the collaborative arrangements enable management across different scales (local, regional, supraregional). Our study provides empirical support for the ability of collaborative forms of governance to address the problem of fit, but also suggests that in some cases the establishment of bottom-up collaborative arrangements would likely benefit from specific guidance to facilitate the establishment of collaborations that better align with the ways ecological resources are interconnected across the landscape. In our case study region, this would improve the capacity of stakeholders to detect both the intended and unintended off-site impacts of management actions. Our approach offers an avenue for empirical evaluations of collaborative governance so that preconditions for effectiveness of environmental programs can be enhanced.

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Section: Theoretical Background: Social-ecological Fit Challenges Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation

Guerrero¹,

Bodin²,

McAllister³

et al. 2015

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“…typically unable to conserve wide-ranging wildlife species, such as large mammals (Runge et al 2014).…”

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“…Reserves are set aside for wildlife conservation, yet there is growing awareness that reserves alone are unable to prevent fauna decline in many cases (Woinarski et al 2011;Li et al 2014;Runge et al 2014). The area of land used for agriculture is also increasing.…”

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More buck for less bang: Reconciling competing wildlife management interests in agricultural food webs

Allen

2015

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Mammalian top-predators can have positive, negative and negligible effects on economic, environmental and social values, which vary spatially and temporally. Harnessing 'pros' while mitigating 'cons' of top-predators remains a key management challenge, particularly outside reserves in agroecosystems. In this study, long-term (1972-2008) and broad-scale (250,000 km 2 ) datasets were used to explore co-relationships between rainfall, kangaroo abundance, beef-cattle calf production and dingo control effort in arid Australia. Best subsets and multiple regression analyses show that calf production fluctuates independently of dingo control, and kangaroo populations comprise 13-36% (mean 26%) of the combined kangaroo-cattle herd in any given year. Kangaroo abundance was associated most strongly with bottom-up forces (rainfall) as expected, but a combination of bottom-up (rainfall) and topdown (dingo control) processes best explained variation in kangaroo abundance trends. Supplementary economic analysis indicated that ongoing kangaroo competition with cattle is far more costly to beef producers than the occasional predation of calves by dingoes. These results suggest that lethal toppredator control practices in arid Australia may not be achieving their fundamental aim (to increase livestock production) because increased competition from native herbivores freed from top-predator suppression erodes the accrued economic benefits of a reduction in livestock predation. These data suggest that retaining top-predators outside reserves in agro-ecosystems may be advantageous to livestock producers and ecosystems where and/or when top-predators exert stronger effects on livestock competitors than they do on livestock. These data also highlight how increased knowledge of species interactions can reconcile competing wildlife management interests in agricultural food webs.

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“…Incorporating connectivity is therefore crucial for effective conservation of migrants (Cabeza, 2003;van Teeffelen et al, 2006;Martin et al, 2007;Klaassen et al, 2008;Beger et al, 2010;Sheehy et al, 2010;Hermoso et al, 2012a;Hermoso et al, 2012b;Linke et al, 2012;Iwamura et al, 2013;Langhans et al, 2014;Runge et al, 2014a;Nicol et al, 2015). Nicol et al (2015) …”

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“…Conservation planning for migratory shorebirds in the EAAF requires methods that can simultaneously account for connectivity (Cabeza, 2003;van Teeffelen et al, 2006;Martin et al, 2007;Klaassen et al, 2008;Beger et al, 2010;Hermoso et al, 2012a;Hermoso et al, 2012b;Linke et al, 2012;Iwamura et al, 2013;Langhans et al, 2014;Runge et al, 2014a;Nicol et al, 2015) and uncertainty (McDonald-Madden et al, 2008;Wintle et al, 2010;Keith et al, 2011;McDonald-Madden et al, 2011). Finding local, national and international solutions for managing migratory shorebirds is no trivial pursuit.…”

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Threats to migratory birds, and actions for their conservation

Dhanjal‐Adams¹

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Migratory species undertake some of the most extreme feats of endurance known in the animal kingdom. Despite many species migrating across continents, oceans and hemispheres, most cannot survive everywhere. Migrants are highly dependent on strategically located breeding and feeding sites for survival and reproduction. Indeed, many species are constrained in time and space by seasonal resource availability, thus forming migratory bottlenecks. Threats operating in such bottlenecks can impact the population as a whole, and can impact survival and reproduction at later migratory stages. In fact, migratory species worldwide are declining at greater rates than non-migratory species. Many migratory species are at risk of extinction if no conservation action is taken.Pinpointing where and when threats occur, and understanding how they impact population dynamics of migratory species is complex. Few tools are available for diagnosing declines, and even fewer for prioritising conservation actions in migratory species. As a result, our understanding of how to conserve migratory species is remarkably poor. In my thesis, I tackle these fundamental gaps in our knowledge by 1) developing and testing a method to distinguish local from remote drivers of population growth rate in migratory species, 2) mapping critical habitat, and 3) prioritising conservation actions at local and international scales. I use the migratory shorebirds of the East-Asian Australasian Flyway as a case study. The East-Asian Australasian Flyway supports 60 species migrating across 23 political jurisdictions, many of which are in significant decline.In Chapter 1, I introduce my thesis by outlining key topics surrounding the conservation of migrants, linking them to my case study. In Chapter 2, I distinguish between local and remote drivers of population growth in migrants, using (i) count data from a single site within a migratory flyway, and (ii) a list of potential stopover sites. Indeed, for migratory species with large distributions, count data, mark-recapture studies or tagging records from across the entire geographic distribution are rare. Monitoring data are typically only available for one or a few sites. Newly available remote sensing data offer an opportunity to investigate how conditions in other parts of migratory cycle affect population growth rate at a monitored site. Analysing count data from Moreton Bay, Australia, I show that it is possible to identify effects of climatic conditions throughout the flyway on the population growth rate of migratory shorebirds as measured at a non-breeding site. My results also show that declines are occurring consistently 3 across all study species, but that there are some clear differences in temperature and rainfall impacts on population growth rate.Information about the distribution and status of habitat is crucial when devising conservation plans for migratory species, yet very little is known about the distribution, extent and protection of the intertidal habitats used by migratory shorebirds. ...

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Conserving mobile species

Cited by 432 publications

References 63 publications

Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation

Achieving social-ecological fit through bottom-up collaborative governance: an empirical investigation

More buck for less bang: Reconciling competing wildlife management interests in agricultural food webs

Threats to migratory birds, and actions for their conservation

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