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Title: | The Biodiversity Forecasting Toolkit: Answering the 'how much', 'what', and 'where' of planning for biodiversity persistence | Contributor(s): | Drielsma, Michael (author); Ferrier, Simon (author); Howling, Gary (author); Manion, Glenn (author); Taylor, Subhashni (author) ; Love, Jamie (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.028 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14860 | Abstract: | This research reports on a new approach to conservation assessment that seeks to extend the target-based model traditionally underpinning systematic conservation planning. The Biodiversity Forecasting Tool (BFT) helps answer three important questions relating to regional biodiversity persistence: 'how much' biodiversity can persist for a given land-management scenario; 'what' habitats to focus conservation effort on; and 'where' in the landscape to undertake conservation action. The tool integrates fine-scaled variability in vegetation composition and structure with spatial context, which is critical for ensuring the viability of populations. Thus, a raster data framework is employed which deems each location or gridcell in a landscape as contributing to biodiversity benefits to various degrees. At its simplest, just two spatial inputs, vegetation community types and vegetation condition, are needed. Drawing on, as a case-study, a broad-scale biodiversity assessment for NSW, Australia, this paper reports on the successful application of the BFT tool for a variety of functions ranging from interactive scenario evaluation through to conservation benefits mapping. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Ecological Modelling, v.274, p. 80-91 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1872-7026 0304-3800 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410401 Conservation and biodiversity | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180203 Coastal or estuarine biodiversity | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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