Species appeal predicts conservation status

Brambilla, Mattia; Gustin, Marco; Celada, Claudio

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.006

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“…woodpecker species in Fig. 1), coherent with the better conservation status shown by woodland birds at the national level, determined by an increase in both woodland cover and quality (see Brambilla et al 2013 and references therein). The only cold-dwelling species showing a positive change in range size is three-toed woodpecker, and in general woodpeckers, tits and other typical forest-dwelling species showed positive variation of range size.…”

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Thermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird species

Scridel¹,

Bogliani²,

Pedrini³

et al. 2017

Clim. Res.

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Species distributions are strongly affected by climate, and climate change is largely impacting on species and populations. Thermal niches have been widely used as proxies for estimating thermal sensitivity of species and have been frequently related to community composition, population trends and latitudinal/elevational shifts in distribution. To our knowledge, no work has yet explored the relationship between thermal niche and change in range size (changes in the number of occupied spatial units over time) in bird species. In this paper, we related a 30 years change in range size to Species Thermal Index (STI: average temperature at occurrence sites) and to other factors (i.e. birds' associated habitats, body mass, hunting status) potentially affecting bird populations/range size. We analysed trends of breeding birds range in Italy for a suite of poorly studied cold-adapted animals potentially sensitive to global warming, and a related group of control species taxonomically similar and with comparable mass but mainly occurring at lower/warmer sites. We found a strong positive correlation between change in range size and STI, confirming that recent climatic warming has favoured species of warmer climates and adversely affected species occupying colder areas. A model including STI and birds' associated habitats was only marginally less supported, with forest species performing better than alpine open habitat and agricultural ones. In line with previous works highlighting effects of recent climate change on community composition, species' population trends and on poleward/upward distributional shifts, we found STI to be the most important predictor of change in range size variation in breeding birds.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Thermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird species

Scridel¹,

Bogliani²,

Pedrini³

et al. 2017

Clim. Res.

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“…This contradicts to an extent the general view of science as objective in its pursuit of new knowledge, especially if such focus towards charismatic species leaves numerous other, less appealing species largely neglected. Non-charismatic taxa and species groups, such as invertebrates, tend to receive poorer scientific and conservation attention and funding, even though they may be in greater need of research and management efforts (Muñoz, 2007;Cardoso et al, 2011;Fisher, 2011;Brambilla et al, 2013). Biased scientific publishing practices, such as "taxonomic chauvinism" (Bonnet et al, 2002), will also contribute to maintaining taxonomic biases in research.…”

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confidence: 99%

On the overlap between scientific and societal taxonomic attentions — Insights for conservation

Jarić

Correia

Roberts

et al. 2019

Science of The Total Environment

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Attention directed at different species by society and science is particularly relevant within the field of conservation, as societal preferences will strongly impact support for conservation initiatives and their success. Here, we assess the association between societal and research interests in four charismatic and threatened species groups, derived from a range of different online sources and social media platforms as well as scientific publications. We found a high level of concordance between scientific and societal taxonomic attention, which was consistent among assessed species groups and media sources. Results indicate that research is apparently not as disconnected from the interests of society as it is often reproached, and that societal support for current research objectives should be adequate. While the high degree of similarity between scientific and societal interest is both striking and satisfying, the dissimilarities are also interesting, as new scientific findings may constitute a constant source of novel interest for the society. In that respect, additional efforts will be necessary to draw scientific and societal focus towards less charismatic species that are in urgent need of research and conservation attention.

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“…However, mainly large (i.e. mostly vertebrate) and colourful and thus attractive species have been considered until today (Roberge & Angelstam, ; Brambilla, Gustin & Celada, ). Thus, we argue that many species selected for nature conservation are of only little ecological and biogeographical relevance (Habel & Schmitt, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

What makes a species a priority for nature conservation?

Habel

Goßner

Schmitt

2019

Animal Conservation

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Prioritizing species for nature conservation should follow objective ecologically and biogeographically meaningful selection criteria. In this study, we test an approach to prioritize butterfly species for nature conservation considering the following parameters: (1) geographical distribution and endemicity, (2) vulnerability and (3) ecological specialization. Following these criteria, we identified 51 species of conservation priority out of the 403 European species assessed, that is 12.7%. This list of species and those included in the annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) had only four species in common. The species selected by both approaches differed significantly in their traits considering their distribution and ecological specialization with the annexes of the EU Habitats Directive including many species that are neither range-restricted nor have their core distribution within Europe, and furthermore many not threatened ecological generalists. Our results suggest that species prioritization for nature conservation should follow objective criteria, such as distribution and ecological specialization. 28Animal Conservation 23 (2020) 28-35 ª

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Species appeal predicts conservation status

Cited by 75 publications

References 23 publications

Thermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird species

Thermal niche predicts recent changes in range size for bird species

On the overlap between scientific and societal taxonomic attentions — Insights for conservation

What makes a species a priority for nature conservation?

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