- Title
- Two roles for ecological surrogacy : indicator surrogates and management surrogates
- Creator
- Hunter, Malcolm; Westgate, Martin; Barton, Philip; Calhoun, Aram; Pierson, Jennifer
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/181284
- Identifier
- vital:15895
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.049
- Identifier
- ISBN:1470-160X (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Ecological surrogacy - here defined as using a process or element (e.g., species, ecosystem, or abiotic factor) to represent another aspect of an ecological system - is a widely used concept, but many applications of the surrogate concept have been controversial. We argue that some of this controversy reflects differences among users with different goals, a distinction that can be crystalized by recognizing two basic types of surrogate. First, many ecologists and natural resource managers measure "indicator surrogates" to provide information about ecological systems. Second, and often overlooked, are "management surrogates" (e.g., umbrella species) that are primarily used to facilitate achieving management goals, especially broad goals such as "maintain biodiversity" or "increase ecosystem resilience." We propose that distinguishing these two overarching roles for surrogacy may facilitate better communication about project goals. This is critical when evaluating the usefulness of different surrogates, especially where a potential surrogate might be useful in one role but not another. Our classification for ecological surrogacy applies to species, ecosystems, ecological processes, abiotic factors, and genetics, and thus can provide coherence across a broad range of uses. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Philip Barton" is provided in this record**
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Relation
- Ecological Indicators Vol. 63, no. (2016), p. 121-125
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright/© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 31 Biological Sciences; 34 Chemical Sciences; 41 Environmental Sciences; Coarse-filter; Environmental management; Environmental proxy; Flagship species; Focal species; Indicators; Monitoring; Surrogates; Terminology; Umbrella species
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- The work in this paper was funded by the Australian Research Council though a Laureate Fellowship to DBL. Tabitha Boyer and Claire Shepherd assisted with many aspects of workshop organization that brought together the co-authors of this article and subsequent manuscript preparation.
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