Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment Export

@article{citeulike:62646, abstract = {Global conservation assessments require information on the distribution of biodiversity across the planet. Yet this information is often mapped at a very coarse spatial resolution relative to the scale of most land-use and management decisions. Furthermore, such mapping tends to focus selectively on better-known elements of biodiversity (e. g., vertebrates). We introduce a new approach to describing and mapping the global distribution of terrestrial biodiversity that may help to alleviate these problems. This approach focuses on estimating spatial pattern in emergent properties of biodiversity (richness and compositional turnover) rather than distributions of individual species, making it well suited to lesser-known, yet highly diverse, biological groups. We have developed a global biodiversity model linking these properties to mapped ecoregions and fine-scale environmental surfaces. The model is being calibrated progressively using extensive biological data sets for a wide variety of taxa. We also describe an analytical approach to applying our model in global conservation assessments, illustrated with a preliminary analysis of the representativeness of the world's protected-area system. Our approach is intended to complement, not compete with, assessments based on individual species of particular conservation concern.}, author = {Ferrier, Simon and Powell, George V. N. and Richardson, Karen S. and Manion, Glenn and Overton, Jake M. and Allnutt, Thomas F. and Cameron, Susan E. and Mantle, Kellie and Burgess, Neil D. and Faith, Daniel P. and Lamoreux, John F. and Kier, Gerold and Hijmans, Robert J. and Funk, Vicki A. and Cassis, Gerasimos A. and Fisher, Brian L. and Flemons, Paul and Lees, David and Lovett, Jon C. and Van Rompaey, Renaat S. A. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {62646}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aibs/bio/2004/00000054/00000012/art00008}, issn = {0006-3568}, journal = {BioScience}, keywords = {biodiversity, biodiversity\_mapping, biodiversity\_model, ecoregions, global\_scale, site\_selection}, number = {12}, pages = {1101+}, posted-at = {2006-01-24 15:12:17}, priority = {5}, publisher = {American Institute of Biological Sciences}, title = {Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aibs/bio/2004/00000054/00000012/art00008}, volume = {54}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:62646 L3 - citeulike-article-id:62646 N2 - Global conservation assessments require information on the distribution of biodiversity across the planet. Yet this information is often mapped at a very coarse spatial resolution relative to the scale of most land-use and management decisions. Furthermore, such mapping tends to focus selectively on better-known elements of biodiversity (e. g., vertebrates). We introduce a new approach to describing and mapping the global distribution of terrestrial biodiversity that may help to alleviate these problems. This approach focuses on estimating spatial pattern in emergent properties of biodiversity (richness and compositional turnover) rather than distributions of individual species, making it well suited to lesser-known, yet highly diverse, biological groups. We have developed a global biodiversity model linking these properties to mapped ecoregions and fine-scale environmental surfaces. The model is being calibrated progressively using extensive biological data sets for a wide variety of taxa. We also describe an analytical approach to applying our model in global conservation assessments, illustrated with a preliminary analysis of the representativeness of the world's protected-area system. Our approach is intended to complement, not compete with, assessments based on individual species of particular conservation concern. IS - 12 JF - BioScience SN - 0006-3568 TI - Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment PB - American Institute of Biological Sciences VL - 54 SP - 1101 KW - biodiversity KW - biodiversity_mapping KW - biodiversity_model KW - ecoregions KW - global_scale KW - site_selection AU - Ferrier, Simon AU - Powell, George AU - Richardson, Karen AU - Manion, Glenn AU - Overton, Jake AU - Allnutt, Thomas AU - Cameron, Susan AU - Mantle, Kellie AU - Burgess, Neil AU - Faith, Daniel AU - Lamoreux, John AU - Kier, Gerold AU - Hijmans, Robert AU - Funk, Vicki AU - Cassis, Gerasimos AU - Fisher, Brian AU - Flemons, Paul AU - Lees, David AU - Lovett, Jon AU - Van Rompaey, Renaat PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aibs/bio/2004/00000054/00000012/art00008 ER -