Special Issue "Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecosystem Management"
QuicklinksA special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2011)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Dr. Lyne Morissette
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, 310, Allée des Ursulines, C.P. 3300, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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Published Papers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this special issue scientists examine how anthropogenic activities can affects bioconservation. With the current overexploited status of many wildlife resources, there is a need to link the general principles of wildlife management to how it affects biodiversity and conservation of exploited species, but also other components of the foodweb they rely on. Understanding how to preserve vulnerable or endangered species is also crucial in the present context. How do we measure the impact of humans on biodiversity and how do we elaborate management plans for wildlife resources? Examples of topics to be discussed are: what are the best tools and approaches contributing to the study, management, and conservation of wildlife species? what is the scientific basis of conservation and management that can effectively confront the crisis in biodiversity & sustainable use of wildlife resources on a long-term perspective? What is the importance of biodiversity for maintaining the structure and function of foodwebs? What are the best management strategies to conserving healthy ecosystems or sustainably use them? Can we understand, model or prevent species extinctions? What is the role of habitat preservation in maintaining the biodiversity in ecosystems?
Dr. Lyne Morissette
Guest Editor
Submission
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Keywords
- biodiversity
- resilience
- conservation
- wildlife management
- foodweb
- ecosystem
- complexity
- habitat
- vulnerable species
Planned Papers
Title: Frogs, Fish and Forestry: The Need For a Wholistic View of Network Processes to Conserve Native Stream Biodiversity in Forest Catchments
Author: Hartwell H. Welsh, Jr.
Affiliation: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1700 Bayview Dr., Arcata, California 95521, USA; E-Mail: hwelsh@fs.fed.us
Abstract: I review research on the distributions of amphibians in stream systems in Northwest California, documenting dependence on key network attributes, and examining linkages between attribute states and natural and anthropogenic disturbance processes. I explore implications of these relationships for salmonids and other elements of native biological diversity. Comparing riparian management guidelines from the U. S. federal Northwest Forest Plan with those of three Pacific Northwest states, I discuss fluvial and geomorphologic process domains of dendritic stream networks as they relate to these guidelines. Focusing in particular on headwater (1st to 3rd order) channels, I review evidence for the effectiveness of current riparian management to maintain viable populations of native amphibians. Using examples from multiple studies of amphibian environmental relationships, I evidence the ineffectiveness of current riparian rules to protect critical ecological processes in headwater environments by examining three key stream attributes inadequately protected by current rules and documenting responses of resident amphibians to frequently altered attribute states. Combined the concepts of the stream continuum and the dendritic network, I examine linkages between the status of biota in headwater reaches and those elements like salmonids that depend on downstream conditions. This analysis indicates that to recover and maintain sensitive species at upper and lower extremes and throughout stream networks will require recognizing and applying the concept of hydrologic connectivity. This concept is needed to guide management of stream networks to protect all parts and the interconnecting processes required maintain catchment-wide ecological integrity. These results have implications for stream networks worldwide.
Last update: 3 February 2011