CRB: Target Taxon Analysis: A Biogeographical, Systematics Approach to Conservation Inventories

9225059克雷曼目标分类群分析：对保护名录的生物地理和系统学方法。关于植物和动物的分布数据很少，可用于指导保护决策，以最大限度地保护生物多样性。真正存在的生物很少代表生物多样性中最多样化的组成部分--昆虫。昆虫占动物生命的95%，是生态系统的支柱，参与了无数重要的生态相互作用。需要更多关于昆虫分布的信息，以便保护战略既能保护大量生物多样性，又能确保生态系统的长期生存能力。然而，许多昆虫物种没有被描述，这一因素限制了将它们纳入保护评估的清单计划。因此，为了获得更好的保护规划数据，提出了一种在保护名录中选择和利用信息丰富的昆虫指标群的方法(目标类群分析)。%本提案要求提供资金，以支持该方法的进一步测试和改进。这项工作将在马达加斯加进行，该国濒危的热带雨林构成了国际保护的优先事项。该项目将使用已建立的蝴蝶目标分类群(鳞翅目：飞蝶亚科：斑潜蝇亚科)：(1)通过比较昆虫和脊椎动物类群的分布来继续测试该方法，(2)在不同空间尺度上评估目标分类群分析的有效性，以及(3)将目标分类群分析从严格选择和评估指标的方法扩展为也可用于设计最佳保护区网络的方法。首页--期刊主要分类--期刊细介绍--期刊题录与文摘--期刊详细文摘内容DC 20550 y x d y 4 M~J M X D 4 X J 0系统和种群生物学`(#d电话：(202)357 9588`(#f传真：(202)357 1191`$(#\电子邮件：rhonecu@note.nsf.gov X&amp；(M r(！！！F((Times New Roman符号&amp；Arial 5“h v e-Gayle Edmonds Gayle Edmonds

9225059 Kremen Target taxon analysis: a biogeographical, systematics approach to conservation inventories. Little distributional data on plants and animals is available to guide conservation decision-making to maximize the protection of biological diversity. That which does exist rarely represents the most diverse component of biodiversity, the insects. Insects make up 95% of animal life, and are the mainstay of ecosystems, participating in myriad essential ecological interactions. More information on insect distributions is needed so that conservation strategies can both protect the bulk biodiversity and ensure the long-term viability of ecosystems. However, many insect species are undescribed, a factor which limits including them in inventory programs for conservation evaluation. To obtain better data for conservation planning, a method (target taxon analysis) has therefore been proposed for choosing and utilizing informative insect indicator groups in conservation inventories. %%% The present proposal requests funds to support further testing and refining if the method. The work will be carried out in Madagascar, whose endangered rain forests constitute an international conservation priority. The project will use an established butterfly target taxon (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Henetosia) to: (1) continue testing the method by comparing Henotesia distributions with those of both insect and vertebrate groups, (2) assess the effectiveness of target taxon analysis at different spatial scales, and (3) extend target taxon analysis from a method for rigorously selecting and evaluating indicators, to one which can also be used for designing optimal reserve networks. iences 4 Division of Environmental Biology 4 l : Washington, DC 20550 y x d d d y 4 M ~ J M X D 4 X J 0 Systematic and Population Biology ` (#d phone: (202) 357 9588 ` (#f fax: (202) 357 1191 `$ (#\ e mail: rhoneycu@note.nsf.gov X & ( m r ( ! ! ! F ( ( ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial 5 " h v ev e - Gayle Edmonds Gayle Edmonds