Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas
Invertebrates constitute a substantial proportion of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and are critical to ecosystem function. However, their inclusion in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning and management has lagged behind better-known, more widely appreciated taxa. Significant...
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| author | Melodie A. McGeoch Hendrik Sithole Michael J. Samways John P. Simaika James S. Pryke Mike Picker Charmaine Uys Adrian J. Armstrong Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman Ian A. Engelbrecht Brigitte Braschler Michelle Hamer |
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| description | Invertebrates constitute a substantial proportion of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and are critical to ecosystem function. However, their inclusion in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning and management has lagged behind better-known, more widely appreciated taxa. Significant progress in invertebrate surveys, systematics and bioindication, both globally and locally, means that their use in biodiversity monitoring and conservation is becoming increasingly feasible. Here we outline challenges and solutions to the integration of invertebrates into biodiversity management objectives and monitoring in protected areas in South Africa. We show that such integration is relevant and possible, and assess the relative suitability of seven key taxa in this context. Finally, we outline a series of recommendations for mainstreaming invertebrates in conservation planning, surveys and monitoring in and around protected areas.
Conservation implications: Invertebrates constitute a substantial and functionally significant component of terrestrial biodiversity and are valuable indicators of environmental condition. Although consideration of invertebrates has historically been neglected in conservation planning and management, substantial progress with surveys, systematics and bioindication means that it is now both feasible and advisable to incorporate them into protected area monitoring activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c58282ecbce34b069402323bec39d4f02022-12-21T17:30:58ZengAOSISKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science0075-64582071-07712011-05-01532e1e1310.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1000934Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areasMelodie A. McGeoch0Hendrik Sithole1Michael J. Samways2John P. Simaika3James S. Pryke4Mike Picker5Charmaine Uys6Adrian J. Armstrong7Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman8Ian A. Engelbrecht9Brigitte Braschler10Michelle Hamer11Cape Research Centre, South African National Parks, Cape TownSavanna and Arid Parks, South African National Parks, KimberleyDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch UniversityDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch UniversityDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch UniversityZoology Department, University of Cape TownZoology Department, University of Cape TownEzemvelo KZN Wildlife, PietermaritzburgARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, PretoriaGauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, JohannesburgCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch UniversityBiosystematics Division, South African National Biodiversity InstituteInvertebrates constitute a substantial proportion of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and are critical to ecosystem function. However, their inclusion in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning and management has lagged behind better-known, more widely appreciated taxa. Significant progress in invertebrate surveys, systematics and bioindication, both globally and locally, means that their use in biodiversity monitoring and conservation is becoming increasingly feasible. Here we outline challenges and solutions to the integration of invertebrates into biodiversity management objectives and monitoring in protected areas in South Africa. We show that such integration is relevant and possible, and assess the relative suitability of seven key taxa in this context. Finally, we outline a series of recommendations for mainstreaming invertebrates in conservation planning, surveys and monitoring in and around protected areas. Conservation implications: Invertebrates constitute a substantial and functionally significant component of terrestrial biodiversity and are valuable indicators of environmental condition. Although consideration of invertebrates has historically been neglected in conservation planning and management, substantial progress with surveys, systematics and bioindication means that it is now both feasible and advisable to incorporate them into protected area monitoring activities.https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1000conservation planning, bioindicators, insect conservation, inventories, management, nature reserve, systematics |
| spellingShingle | Melodie A. McGeoch Hendrik Sithole Michael J. Samways John P. Simaika James S. Pryke Mike Picker Charmaine Uys Adrian J. Armstrong Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman Ian A. Engelbrecht Brigitte Braschler Michelle Hamer Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science conservation planning, bioindicators, insect conservation, inventories, management, nature reserve, systematics |
| title | Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| title_full | Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| title_fullStr | Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| title_short | Conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| title_sort | conservation and monitoring of invertebrates in terrestrial protected areas |
| topic | conservation planning, bioindicators, insect conservation, inventories, management, nature reserve, systematics |
| url | https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1000 |
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