Warning about conservation status of forest ecosystems in tropical Andes: National assessment based on IUCN criteria.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
08
04
2020
accepted:
04
08
2020
entrez:
26
8
2020
pubmed:
26
8
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
World ecosystems are suffering from anthropogenic and natural pressure. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has developed analogous criteria for the Red List of Threatened Species in order to perform similar risk assessments on ecosystems, creating the Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) methodology. One of the most significant challenges for the construction of these lists is gathering the available information to apply the criteria. By applying IUCN RLE criteria B (the extent of restricted geographic distribution of an ecosystem), we analyzed the threat level of 64 forest ecosystems of the Ecuadorian mainland. According to the results, limited distribution is the key risk to threatened ecosystems, which are associated with anthropogenic pressures. Our study showed that 22% of forest ecosystems are classified as threatened. This evaluation of the forest ecosystem status at a national level could lead to public awareness towards ecosystem conservation and provide reasonable strategies to managers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32841244
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237877
pii: PONE-D-20-10157
pmc: PMC7447026
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0237877Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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