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- Title
A Strategy for Monitoring and Managing Declines in an Amphibian Community.
- Authors
GRANT, EVAN H. CAMPBELL; ZIPKIN, ELISE F.; NICHOLS, JAMES D.; CAMPBELL, J. PATRICK
- Abstract
Although many taxa have declined globally, conservation actions are inherently local. Ecosystems degrade even in protected areas, and maintaining natural systems in a desired condition may require active management. Implementing management decisions under uncertainty requires a logical and transparent process to identify objectives, develop management actions, formulate system models to link actions with objectives, monitor to reduce uncertainty and identify system state (i.e., resource condition), and determine an optimal management strategy. We applied one such structured decision-making approach that incorporates these critical elements to inform management of amphibian populations in a protected area managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Climate change is expected to affect amphibian occupancy of wetlands and to increase uncertainty in management decision making. We used the tools of structured decision making to identify short-term management solutions that incorporate our current understanding of the effect of climate change on amphibians, emphasizing how management can be undertaken even with incomplete information. Estrategia para Monitorear y Manejar Disminuciones en una Comunidad de Anfibios
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMPHIBIAN conservation; WILDLIFE conservation; ECOSYSTEM management; TAXONOMY; AQUATIC resource management; AMPHIBIAN populations; ANIMAL populations
- Publication
Conservation Biology, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 6, p1245
- ISSN
0888-8892
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cobi.12137