Authors
Daniel Burgas, Patrik Byholm, Tiina Parkkima
Publication date
2014/6
Journal
Journal of Applied Ecology
Volume
51
Issue
3
Pages
786-794
Description
- With biodiversity facing threats, there is a need to improve reserve selection procedures. However, detailed information about different biodiversity measures (e.g. species richness) at potential sites is often lacking, and selecting areas that protect most biodiversity is difficult. To simplify matters, biodiversity surrogate species, that is, species associated with higher biodiversity than average, have been used for area selection. However, consensus about the performance of the surrogate species concept is lacking, and there are few studies investigating potential differences in the effectiveness of multiple predators as surrogates for biodiversity over large spatial scales.
- We evaluated two avian predators, the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis and the Ural owl Strix uralensis, as surrogates for biodiversity in the boreal forest biome in Western Finland. We used a study design including nest sites and two reference sites …
Scholar articles
D Burgas, P Byholm, T Parkkima - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2014