Title

A Checklist For Ecological Management Of Landscapes For Conservation

Keywords

Connectivity; Ecosystem processes; Land use change; Landscape conservation; Landscape models; Resilience; Thresholds

Abstract

The management of landscapes for biological conservation and ecologically sustainable natural resource use are crucial global issues. Research for over two decades has resulted in a large literature, yet there is little consensus on the applicability or even the existence of general principles or broad considerations that could guide landscape conservation. We assess six major themes in the ecology and conservation of landscapes. We identify 13 important issues that need to be considered in developing approaches to landscape conservation. They include recognizing the importance of landscape mosaics (including the integration of terrestrial and aquatic areas), recognizing interactions between vegetation cover and vegetation configuration, using an appropriate landscape conceptual model, maintaining the capacity to recover from disturbance and managing landscapes in an adaptive framework. These considerations are influenced by landscape context, species assemblages and management goals and do not translate directly into on-the-ground management guidelines but they should be recognized by researchers and resource managers when developing guidelines for specific cases. Two crucial overarching issues are: (i) a clearly articulated vision for landscape conservation and (ii) quantifiable objectives that offer unambiguous signposts for measuring progress. © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Ecology Letters

Volume

11

Issue

1

Number of Pages

https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/6991;Submitted Version;Author's Homepage; Named Repository (arXiv, AgEcon, PhilPapers, PubMed Central, SSRN, RePEc); Non-Commercial Institutional Repository;No Embargo;;;Must acknowledge acceptance for publication; May not be updated with Publisher's Version/PDF; Publisher source must be acknowledged with citation; Must link to publisher version with set statement (see policy)-

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01114.x

Socpus ID

37149031518 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/37149031518

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