Florida Marine Reserve
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Florida Marine Reserve
Lawton, J.H., et al. (1998) Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest. Nature, 391, 72-76.
Birds Butterflies
Flying Beetles
Canopy Beetles
Canopy Ants Litter Ants
Termites Nematodes
Indicator Species
Lawton, J.H., et al. (1998) Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest. Nature, 391, 72-76.
Interaction Conservation
Interaction Conservation
• Thompson, J. N. 1996. Evolutionary ecology and the conservation of biodiversity. TREE 11:300-303.
• Both ecological and evolutionary consequences
• Geographic-mosaic theory of evolution / coevolution
Geographic Mosaic Theory
• Species are groups of genetically differentiated populations
• Outcomes of interactions vary among communities
• Interacting species differ in their geographic ranges
Thompson, J. N. 1997. Evaluating the dynamics of coevolution among geographically structured populations. Ecology 78:1619-1623.
Geographic Mosaic Theory
Thompson, J. N. 1997. Evaluating the dynamics of coevolution among geographically structured populations. Ecology 78:1619-1623.
Should we focus conservation efforts on:
A. Wilderness areas: Pristine areas far from human contact
B. Wildlife areas bordering “high density” human populations
Biodiversity and Human Density in Sub-Saharan Africa
Biodiversity and Human Density in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gardenification
Janzen, D. 1998. Gardenification of Wildland Nature and the Human Footprint. Science 279:1312-1313.
Janzen, D. 1999. Gardenification of tropical conserved wildlands: Multitasking, multicropping, and multiusers. PNAS 96:5987-5994.
Biodiversity and Human Conflict
• 4 spp. of birds found on islands of Western Pacific delisted or upgraded (listed on the basis of surveys immediately following WWII)
• The civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has devastated wildlife – Garamba Park: ~ 4,000 / 12,000 elephants killed between 1995 and 1999.