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Tools for Landscape Biodiversity Planning

Tools for Landscape Biodiversity Planning. Frank W. Davis National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis UC Santa Barbara. 2 mi. 2 mi. 1 mi. 1 mi. Biodiversity in fragmented habitats. Landscape Goals. Reasoning together. Assessments. Metrics, Inventory, Evaluation . cultural.

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Tools for Landscape Biodiversity Planning

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  1. Tools for Landscape Biodiversity Planning Frank W. Davis National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis UC Santa Barbara

  2. 2 mi 2 mi 1 mi 1 mi

  3. Biodiversity in fragmented habitats

  4. Landscape Goals Reasoning together Assessments Metrics, Inventory, Evaluation cultural biotic abiotic Priorities, Portfolios, Tradeoffs Strategies & Scenarios Adaptive implementation & monitoring

  5. Community Visioning • Spatial understanding • Setting goals • Exposing tradeoffs • Weighting multiple criteria • Examining alternative futures http://placeways.com/

  6. Examples of community visioning tools

  7. Landscape Assessment • Resource quality • Threats • Costs • Opportunities & Constraints

  8. Tools for assessing the conservation landscape

  9. Method An Example: Landscape analysis for mountain lions in the SF Bay region (Bren class project) How does connectivity affect the populations of Puma concolor in the Southern half of the Bay Area?

  10. Circuitscape: Connectivity Analysis

  11. Landscape process modeling • Tools for modeling landscape processes • Agent-based models (e.g., HEXSIM) • Population models (e.g., RAMAS) • Ecosystem models (e.g. STELLA) • Landscape models (e.g., LANDIS) http://www.naturecanada.ca/media/ images/ord%27s-kangaroo-rat3.jpg

  12. Modeling ecosystem services • watershed processes • carbon • resource production • pollination services • cultural values

  13. Tools for modeling andmapping ecosystem services

  14. Conservation strategies and scenarios • hotspot analysis • conservation portfolio design • investment prioritization • tradeoff analysis Site scores for protecting underrepresented wildlife habitat types, accounting for land cost and projected housing development in the Sierra Nevada region. (Davis et al. Ecology and Society 2006)

  15. Tools for evaluating and mapping conservation priorities http://www.bayarealands.org/ for a good example of regional conservation planning using Marxan

  16. Barriers to Tool Adoption • “Conservation is opportunistic, not rational.” • “The data don’t exist.” • “I don’t trust computers.” • “There are a zillion possible solutions.” • “I’m bored.” http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/0904/

  17. Some Resources

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