When more is less : Urban remnants support high bird abundance but diversity varies
- Fitzsimons, James, Antos, Mark, Palmer, Grant
- Authors: Fitzsimons, James , Antos, Mark , Palmer, Grant
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Pacific Conservation Biology Vol. 17, no. 1 (2011), p. 97-109
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- Description: Urban remnant vegetation, especially where it occurs in public parks, allows for relatively easy access for ongoing biodiversity monitoring. However, relatively little baseline information on bird species distribution and abundance across a range of identifiable urban remnants appears in the published literature. We surveyed the relative abundance and distribution of birds across urban and suburban remnant vegetation in Melbourne, Australia. One hundred and six species were recorded, of which 98 were indigenous. Red wattlebirds had the highest mean relative abundance with 2.94 birds/ha, followed by rainbow lorikeets (2.51), noisy miners (1.93), brown thornbills (1.75) and spotted doves (0.96). There was no obvious trend between overall relative abundance and the size of the remnant, in contrast to species richness which was positively correlated with remnant size. The data revealed that some species were either totally restricted to, or more abundant in, larger remnants and generally absent from smaller remnants. Some of the more common birds (crimson rosella, superb fairy-wren, spotted pardalote and black-faced cuckoo-shrike) recorded during this study were detected at similar densities to those found in comparable vegetation to the east of Melbourne within a largely forested landscape. Other species occurred at much lower densities (e.g., white-browed scrubwren, brown thornbill, eastern yellow robin and grey fantail) or had habitat requirements or ecological characteristics that could place them at risk of further decline or local extinction in the urban area. We identify a suite of bird species of potential conservation concern within Melbourne's urban landscape. The establishment of repeatable, fixed-point, and long-term monitoring sites will allow for repeat surveying over time and provide an early warning of population declines, or conversely an indication of population increase for other species.
Equitable and effective area‐based conservation : towards the conserved areas paradigm
- Jonas, Harry, Ahmadia, Gabby, Bingham, Heather, Briggs, Johnny, Butchart, Stuart, Cariño, Joji, Chassot, Olivier, Chaudhary, Sunita, Darling, Emily, Degemmis, Alfred, Dudley, Nigel, Fa, Julia, Fitzsimons, James, Garnett, Stephen, Geldmann, Jonas, Golden Kroner, Rachel, Gurney, Georgina, Harrington, Alexandra, Himes‐cornell, Amber, Hockings, Marc, Jonas, Holly, Jupiter, Stacy, Kingston, Naomi, Lee, Emma, Lieberman, Susan, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Marnewick, Daniel, Matallana‐tobón, Clara, Maxwell, Sean, Nelson, Fred, Parrish, Jeffrey, Ranaivoson, Ravaka, Rao, Madhu, Santamaría, Marcela, Venter, Oscar, Visconti, Piero, Waithaka, James, Painemilla, Kristen, Watson, James, von Weizsäcker, Christine
- Authors: Jonas, Harry , Ahmadia, Gabby , Bingham, Heather , Briggs, Johnny , Butchart, Stuart , Cariño, Joji , Chassot, Olivier , Chaudhary, Sunita , Darling, Emily , Degemmis, Alfred , Dudley, Nigel , Fa, Julia , Fitzsimons, James , Garnett, Stephen , Geldmann, Jonas , Golden Kroner, Rachel , Gurney, Georgina , Harrington, Alexandra , Himes‐cornell, Amber , Hockings, Marc , Jonas, Holly , Jupiter, Stacy , Kingston, Naomi , Lee, Emma , Lieberman, Susan , Mangubhai, Sangeeta , Marnewick, Daniel , Matallana‐tobón, Clara , Maxwell, Sean , Nelson, Fred , Parrish, Jeffrey , Ranaivoson, Ravaka , Rao, Madhu , Santamaría, Marcela , Venter, Oscar , Visconti, Piero , Waithaka, James , Painemilla, Kristen , Watson, James , von Weizsäcker, Christine
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Parks Vol. 27, no. 1 (2021), p. 71-84
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- Description: In 2018, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a decision on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). It contains the definition of an OECM and related scientific and technical advice that has broadened the scope of governance authorities and areas that can be engaged and recognised in global conservation efforts. The voluntary guidance on OECMs and protected areas, also included in the decision, promotes the use of diverse, effective and equitable governance models, the integration of protected areas and OECMs into wider landscapes and seascapes, and mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation across sectors. Taken as a whole, the advice and voluntary guidance provides further clarity about the CBD Parties’ understanding of what constitutes equitable and effective area-based conservation measures within and beyond protected areas and provides standardised criteria with which to measure and report areas’ attributes and performance. This policy perspective suggests that this CBD decision represents further evidence of the evolution from the ‘new paradigm for protected areas’ to a broader ‘conserved areas paradigm’ that embodies good governance, equity and effective conservation outcomes and is inclusive of a diversity of contributions to conservation within and beyond protected areas. © 2021, IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature. All rights reserved.
- Authors: Jonas, Harry , Ahmadia, Gabby , Bingham, Heather , Briggs, Johnny , Butchart, Stuart , Cariño, Joji , Chassot, Olivier , Chaudhary, Sunita , Darling, Emily , Degemmis, Alfred , Dudley, Nigel , Fa, Julia , Fitzsimons, James , Garnett, Stephen , Geldmann, Jonas , Golden Kroner, Rachel , Gurney, Georgina , Harrington, Alexandra , Himes‐cornell, Amber , Hockings, Marc , Jonas, Holly , Jupiter, Stacy , Kingston, Naomi , Lee, Emma , Lieberman, Susan , Mangubhai, Sangeeta , Marnewick, Daniel , Matallana‐tobón, Clara , Maxwell, Sean , Nelson, Fred , Parrish, Jeffrey , Ranaivoson, Ravaka , Rao, Madhu , Santamaría, Marcela , Venter, Oscar , Visconti, Piero , Waithaka, James , Painemilla, Kristen , Watson, James , von Weizsäcker, Christine
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Parks Vol. 27, no. 1 (2021), p. 71-84
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- Description: In 2018, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a decision on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). It contains the definition of an OECM and related scientific and technical advice that has broadened the scope of governance authorities and areas that can be engaged and recognised in global conservation efforts. The voluntary guidance on OECMs and protected areas, also included in the decision, promotes the use of diverse, effective and equitable governance models, the integration of protected areas and OECMs into wider landscapes and seascapes, and mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation across sectors. Taken as a whole, the advice and voluntary guidance provides further clarity about the CBD Parties’ understanding of what constitutes equitable and effective area-based conservation measures within and beyond protected areas and provides standardised criteria with which to measure and report areas’ attributes and performance. This policy perspective suggests that this CBD decision represents further evidence of the evolution from the ‘new paradigm for protected areas’ to a broader ‘conserved areas paradigm’ that embodies good governance, equity and effective conservation outcomes and is inclusive of a diversity of contributions to conservation within and beyond protected areas. © 2021, IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature. All rights reserved.
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