Optimizing the Giant Panda National Park's zoning designations as an example for extending conservation from flagship species to regional biodiversity
Optimizing the Giant Panda National Park's zoning designations as an example for extending conservation from flagship species to regional biodiversity
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10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109996
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发表时间：
2023-05
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5.9
通讯作者：
Bin Wang;Xue Zhong;Yu Xu;Yuehong Cheng;J. Ran;Jindong Zhang;N. Yang;Biao Yang;Cai-Ping Zhou
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作者：
Bin Wang;Xue Zhong;Yu Xu;Yuehong Cheng;J. Ran;Jindong Zhang;N. Yang;Biao Yang;Cai-Ping Zhou
对保护区进行知情的分区，以指定可以开展某些活动的地点，对于保护区的成功至关重要。传统的策略是根据旗舰物种设计保护区;然而，这往往被证明对保护其他同域野生动物无效。本文以中国大熊猫国家公园（GPNP）为例，在不影响或损害保护大熊猫这一主要目标的前提下，评估了整合旗舰和同域濒危物种的多个保护参数以优化区划的有效性。我们进行了逐步的空间优先级，根据分类，系统发育和功能多样性的48种濒危鸟类和23种哺乳动物。每个分类群的保护优先领域的多样性指数在空间上一致，但分类群之间的差异。物种丰富度只是一个弱指标的保护价值。目前的大熊猫保护区划定方案在保护同域濒危鸟类和哺乳动物方面表现尚可，但仍有改进的余地。在平衡竞争性土地利用后，我们确定了7731 km 2在分类群和多样性指数中具有最高保护价值，其中26%的最佳优先区域位于GPNP当前核心保护区之外。我们建议修改GPNP目前的分区指定标准，以保护大熊猫和更广泛的物种，特别是更好地保护遗址免受人类干扰。我们的研究结果还具有更广泛的潜力，可以为全球保护区的保护规划提供信息，使旗舰物种的保护能够与更广泛的区域生物多样性保护相结合。
Informed zoning of protected areas to designate where certain activities can take place is important to their success. The conventional strategy has been to design protected areas based on flagship species; however, this has often proven ineffective for protecting other sympatric wildlife. Here, using China's Giant Panda National Park (GPNP) as an example, we evaluated the effectiveness of integrating multiple conservation parameters for flagship and sympatric endangered species to optimize zoning designations, without compromising or jeopardizing the primary goal of protecting giant pandas. We conducted a stepwise spatial prioritization according to taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity for 48 endangered bird and 23 mammal species. Conservation priority areas for each taxon were spatially congruent across diversity indices but differed between taxa. Species richness provided only a weak indicator of conservation values. The current designation scheme for giant panda protection performs moderately well in terms of sheltering sympatric endangered birds and mammals, but there is still scope for improvement. After balancing competing land uses, we identified 7731 km2with the highest conservation values across taxa and diversity indices, with 26 % of this optimal priority area lying outside of current core protection zones of the GPNP. We recommend that GPNP's current zoning designation criteria are modified to conserve a broader range of species alongside giant pandas, especially to better protect sites from human disturbance. Our findings also have the broader potential to inform conservation planning for protected areas worldwide, enabling the protection of flagship species to be integrated with broader regional biodiversity conservation.