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DOI | 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.025 |
The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa | |
Gallo, John A.1,4; Pasquini, Lorena2; Reyers, Belinda3; Cowling, Richard M.1 | |
通讯作者 | Gallo, John A. |
来源期刊 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
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ISSN | 0006-3207 |
EISSN | 1873-2917 |
出版年 | 2009 |
卷号 | 142期号:2页码:446-454 |
英文摘要 | It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage and expand statutory conservation areas (i.e., parks and formally protected areas). Therefore, alternative opportunities for land conservation merit close!, attention. This paper examines the extent to which privately owned conservation areas ccntribute to biodiversity representation. Gap analyses were performed for a large semi-arid region in South Africa with a comprehensive database of private conservation areas. The distribution of private conservation areas was compared to statutory conservation areas using several landscape characteristics: biome and vegetation variant, elevation class, ecological process area, total area, and threat status (endangerment). Conservation target achievement for the vegetation variants was also assessed, as was the degree to which private conservation areas complemented statutory conservation areas by representing different landscape characteristics. The number of targets achieved nearly tripled if private conservation areas were considered in addition to statutory conservation areas. Further, private conservation areas significantly complemented statutory conservation areas in the types of biomes, elevation classes, and threat status classes conserved. Private conservation areas were especially important in conserving lower elevation habitat, and by association, endangered vegetation. This particular relationship is expected to be common worldwide. Our results indicate that private lands conservation deserves an increased allocation of resources for both research and implementation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Private protected areas Stewardship Gap analysis Systematic conservation planning Conservation easements Private land conservation |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa ; England |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000263303600020 |
WOS关键词 | CAPE FLORISTIC REGION ; PROTECTED AREAS ; NATURE-RESERVES ; LANDSCAPE ; HABITAT ; LAND ; DIVERSITY ; AUSTRALIA ; PATTERNS ; AMERICA |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/159993 |
作者单位 | 1.Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univ, Dept Bot, ZA-6031 Port Elizabeth, South Africa; 2.Univ Sheffield, Dept Geog, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England; 3.CSIR, Nat Resources & Environm, ZA-7599 Stellenbosch, South Africa; 4.Univ Cape Town, Dept Bot, Plant Conservat Unit, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gallo, John A.,Pasquini, Lorena,Reyers, Belinda,et al. The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa[J],2009,142(2):446-454. |
APA | Gallo, John A.,Pasquini, Lorena,Reyers, Belinda,&Cowling, Richard M..(2009).The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,142(2),446-454. |
MLA | Gallo, John A.,et al."The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 142.2(2009):446-454. |
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