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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124480
论文题名:
Effectiveness of Protected Areas for Representing Species and Populations of Terrestrial Mammals in Costa Rica
作者: José F. González-Maya; Luis R. Víquez-R; Jerrold L. Belant; Gerardo Ceballos
刊名: PLOS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
出版年: 2015
发表日期: 2015-5-13
卷: 10, 期:5
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Conservation science ; Mammals ; Costa Rica ; Species diversity ; Endangered species ; Biodiversity ; Wildlife ; Wetlands
英文摘要: Costa Rica has one of the greatest percentages (26%) of protected land in the world. The National Protected Areas System (NPAS) of Costa Rica was established in 1976 and currently includes >190 protected areas within seven different protection categories. The effectiveness of the NPAS to represent species, populations, and areas with high species richness has not been properly evaluated. Such evaluations are fundamental to understand what is necessary to strengthen the NPAS and better protect biodiversity. We present a novel assessment of NPAS effectiveness in protecting mammal species. We compiled the geographical ranges of all terrestrial Costa Rican mammals then determined species lists for all protected areas and the estimated proportion of each species’ geographic range protected. We also classified mammal species according to their conservation status using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. We found almost complete representation of mammal species (98.5%) in protected areas, but low relative coverage (28.3% on average) of their geographic ranges in Costa Rica and 25% of the species were classified as underprotected according to a priori representation targets. Interestingly, many species-rich areas are not protected, and at least 43% of cells covering the entire country are not included in protected areas. Though protected areas in Costa Rica represent species richness well, strategic planning for future protected areas to improve species complementarity and range protection is necessary. Our results can help to define sites where new protected areas can have a greater impact on mammal conservation, both in terms of species richness and range protection.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/21962
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作者单位: Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04318, México D. F., México;Proyecto de Conservación de Aguas y Tierras, ProCAT Colombia/Internacional, Carrera 13 No. 96-82 Of. 205, Bogotá, Colombia;Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04318, México D. F., México;Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, 39759, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America;Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04318, México D. F., México

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José F. González-Maya,Luis R. Víquez-R,Jerrold L. Belant,et al. Effectiveness of Protected Areas for Representing Species and Populations of Terrestrial Mammals in Costa Rica[J]. PLOS ONE,2015-01-01,10(5)
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