Special Section: Conserving Nature’s Stage
The papers in this special section address the use of geodiversity as a coarse filter strategy for conserving biodiversity. A coarse filter strategy conserves representative samples of broadly defined environments as a way to conserve most species. However, geodiversity first entered conservation planning for its own sake, not for its ability to support biodiversity. For example, the first national park in the world (Yellowstone [established 1872]), the second national park in the US (Yosemite [1890]), Canada’s first national park (Banff [1885]), and New Zealand’s first national park (Tongariro [1887]) were each set aside primarily to protect spectacular geophysical features and their associated recreational and cultural values. This history helps explain why some protected area networks do a better job of protecting rocks than biodiversity (Scott et al. 2001). Although ecologists have long recognized geodiversity as a key driver of biodiversity and species distribution patterns (Lawler et al. 2015), conservation biologists were slow to consider using geodiversity to prioritize areas for biological conservation.
- Εκδότης: Society for Conservation Biology
- Δημιουργός: Beier, P. , Hunter, M. L. and Anderson, M.
- Πηγή: Wiley Online Library
- Ιστότοπος: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12511
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Ελεύθερη χρήση/διανομή (public domain - open access)
- Έτος: 2015
- Βιβλιογραφία: Beier, P. , Hunter, M. L. and Anderson, M. 2015. Introduction. Conservation Biology, 29 (3): 613-617
